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Re: How to change a submodue as a subdirectory?

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 14, 2007, 20:26 UTC
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<20071114202651.GC3973@steel.home>
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Ping Yin, Wed, Nov 14, 2007 15:37:57 +0100:
> I have a super project superA, and a submodue subB. Now i decide to
> switch subB from submodule to sub directory. Any good way to do that
> and not losing any history?

$ mv subB sub $ git add sub $ git update-index --force-remove subB $ git commit

Which history were you afraid of losing?
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  3. Ping YinNov 15, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 15, 2007
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