From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 18:22:13 GMT
Subject: Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)
Message-ID: <4DC19955.7040503@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <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