From: Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:30:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project
Message-ID: <4C72A23F.4030600@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimoTN10EfeiE3Viim_x1Y3jRG89ANzRd69ah7jz@mail.gmail.com>

Am 22.08.2010 19:24, schrieb Guillermo Gonzalez:
> Is it possible to somehow export the history of say lib/componentX
> into a new repository componentX.git?

Sounds like you want to use "git filter-branch", see:
http://progit.org/book/ch6-4.html#making_a_subdirectory_the_new_root