Re: split up a repository

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 3, 2010, 01:40 UTC
Message-ID: <32541b131003021740n32535fbbh802af418ea0898aa@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100303002132.5df20326@gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Levente Kovacs <leventelist@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:40:41 +0100
> Ok. Really newbie question here. Just before I start to mess up my
> repositories. I've cloned the git-subtree, and the install script would put
> the script into /usr/lib/git-core. Is there any way to install the script
> somewhere under /usr/local ?

The actual function of git-subtree is one single file. You can just copy it to wherever you like. Personally, I add the git-subtree source directory to my PATH from .bashrc... but I guess I'm special because I also change my version of git-subtree a lot :)

Make sure to run 'make test' first so you know it's working on your computer.

And I'll second Sverre's suggestion to *always* back up your repository before doing weird stuff (although git-subtree is designed to refuse to overwrite existing branches, and nobody has ever reported it damaging anything).

Have fun,

Avery