Re: split directories into branches

From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix+git@007spb.ru>
Date: Jul 5, 2016, 09:56 UTC
Message-ID: <20160705125621.cfa55e07cedd2853377c4f08@domain007.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAH_OBieUYZTi+8W-m1TVVDstzF2vg1VuYQsd9Ka_uDoRYRY5rg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 4 Jul 2016 17:03:46 -0400 shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:

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> > I don't possess the official stance on this topic but AFAIK
> > user-level questions are fine on this list.
> 
> In that case :)
> ... still having issues w/ filter-branch:

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I used something along these lines:

  git filter-branch -f --tree-filter \
    'test -e my/new/dir || mkdir -p my/new/dir
      find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
      -type d -path ./my -prune -o -print \
      | xargs -n 30 mv -t ./my/new/dir' master

More background on how it works [1] if you want.

1. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/hxFmfUZpj_k/9IQAQq40BwAJ