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Re: Copying files and keeping the history

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2009, 18:29 UTC
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<fabb9a1e0906111129x53a6d90p15a97d958a2d2f63@mail.gmail.com>
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<18567.1244726405@zev.se.axis.com>
Heya,
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 15:20, JörgenHägg<jorgen.hagg@axis.com> wrote:
> Is this somehow possible?

Try git filter-branch to get just the commits you want and nudge them to contain what you want (do this in a seperate branch/copy of repository A). When you're done, pull the branch into B and merge it. Instant win?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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