Re: extracting the history of a single file as a new project [Was: Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole]

["Sverre Rabbelier" <alturin@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:14 AM,  <ncrfgs@tin.it> wrote:
> Let's say we are at commit #3000, I have this content I want to start a
> new project from, which has been put in three different files:
>
> path1/filename1 from commit 1 to commit 1000
> path2/filename1 from commit 1001 to commit 2000
> path2/filename2 from commit 2001 to commit 3000
>
> In the meanwhile path1/filename1 has been created on commit 2500 with
> path1/filename1 having nothing to do with the new project I'd like to
> start.

<snip>

> My first idea to accomplish what I'd like to do, was to use the ouput of
> `git-log -p --follow path2/filename2` with another git command; on
> #git@freenode I've been suggested to use git-clone and
> git-filter-branch.
>

It would seem that this is a valid use-case for a properly working
"git log --follow", yes?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier