From: Yngve Nysaeter Pettersen Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:43:01 GMT Subject: Re: Opera release Git-splitter, a sub-modularizing tool for Git Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <50D454D2.5030403@drmicha.warpmail.net> Hi, On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:23:46 +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > Yngve N. Pettersen (Developer Opera Software ASA) venit, vidit, dixit > 18.12.2012 15:51: >> Hello all, >> >> Today Opera Software released the "Git-splitter", a small tool for >> sub-modularizing code in a git repo, with complete commit history, under >> the Apache 2.0 license. >> >> It's functionality is similar to "git-subtree", but also include a >> command >> for reversing the process. > > Is there something keeping you technically from adding a join command to > git-subtree? Probably not, but within the process I was working I did not want to merge the branch with the recreated history for that path into the existing codebase (I don't like duplicate histories) so I used rebasing to move the new commits over, instead, and therefore did not need a join command. Feel free to add a join command, if you want one. >> The code is hosted on GitHub: >> >> >> We have announced the release as part of another announcement of >> released >> code at the Opera Security Group home page: >> >> -- Sincerely, Yngve N. Pettersen ******************************************************************** Senior Developer Email: yngve@opera.com Opera Software ASA http://www.opera.com/ Phone: +47 96 90 41 51 Fax: +47 23 69 24 01 ********************************************************************