Re: Merge git repositories

From: H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
Date: Feb 21, 2008, 13:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20080221145823.019b8b7e@pc09.procura.nl>
In-Reply-To: <47BD7DEC.7040708@brefemail.com>

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:34:36 +0100, Jerome Lovy <t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
> 
> On 02/20/2008 05:59 PM, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > I have a whole bunch of git repositories that are conversions from SCCS.
> > SCCS is a VCS that only deals with a single directory, and cannot cope
> > with directory hierarchies.
> [SNIP]
> 
> > is it possible to merge git repos from sub-folders into the current repo?
> 
> Doesn't maybe the subtree merge strategy help ?
> See 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/using-merge-subtree.html

Does seem to fit the need.

> My 2 cents

Probably worth much more! Thanks.

> Jérôme

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