From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:08:57 GMT
Subject: Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole history
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807211907270.8986@racer>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080721T161926-61@post.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Eric Raible wrote:

>  <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