From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 18:16:45 GMT
Subject: Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)
Message-ID: <4DC1980D.4010009@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <4DC1934D.6070608@aldan.algebra.com>

Am 04.05.2011 19:56, schrieb Mikhail T.:
> I need to add a new thing to our project. The thing will be similar to
> what already exists. I'd like to "derive" the new files from the
> existing ones -- without altering them and by preserving the
> change-history.






















> 
> This is not a separate branch -- the "forked" files will co-exist. I'd
> call this git-cp (analogous to git-mv), but it does not exist...
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks!
> 
>    -mi
>