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Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole history

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 21, 2008, 18:08 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Eric Raible wrote:
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>  <ncrfgs <at> tin.it> writes:
> 
> > I have a working local repository and I'd like to make a branch with 
> > just one file (let's say path2/filename2) and to keep its whole 
> > history.
> 
> http://www.gitcasts.com/posts/empty-branches

Beware! This is one of the sites that triggered my mail about considering teaching plumbing to new users harmful.

In other words, I think that these "git casts" are not really the best way to teach Git to new users, but rather confusing.

Which is a pity, because they are nicely done otherwise.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. ncrfgs@tin.itJul 21, 2008
  2. Eric RaibleJul 21, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 21, 2008
  4. Eric RaibleJul 21, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 21, 2008
  6. extracting the history of a single file as a new project [Was: Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole]ncrfgs@tin.it, Jul 22, 2008
  7. Sverre RabbelierJul 22, 2008

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