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Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
May 4, 2011, 18:22 UTC
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<4DC19955.7040503@kdbg.org>
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<4DC1934D.6070608@aldan.algebra.com>
(Sorry for the botched previous post - fat fingers)
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.
You cannot. Git does not have such a thing as "copy-with-preserved-history".

You just cp the file and git add it. But you will not be able to follow a history of the file.

-- Hannes
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