# Re: Transplant branch from another repository 2 messages from 2009-12-01 to 2009-12-17. Participants: Dale Farnsworth, Jeenu V. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21809 ## Dale Farnsworth, 2009-12-01 16:53 Subject: Re: Transplant branch from another repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1NFVyv-0000EN-Qx%40xyzzy.farnsworth.org In-Reply-To: ``` > Say, I have two repositories A and B (local, independent, but similar > - they are for content tracking and not collaboration purposes). A has > a branch 'a', which I want to have in B. What I mean is that I'd like > to have the sequence of changes in the branch 'a' to be present in B, > thus creating an independent branch 'b' in B. > > Is there any way to achieve this? One thing that I could think of is > to use 'format-patch' to generate the list of patch files from A. But > I don't see how to convert those patches to a sequence of commits in > repo B. I could do a 'git apply patches/*' but then all patches > collapse to one single commit. If format-patch is a/the way, could > somebody tell me how to get this done? Or are there any alternatives? > > FWIW: I'm running Git under Cygwin, and sendmail isn't configured. Try "cd B; git fetch A a:b" -Dale Dale Farnsworth ``` ## Jeenu V, 2009-12-17 11:06 Subject: Re: Transplant branch from another repository Message-ID: <5195c8760912170306p28b182adrcd1990b9ec6fa2bc@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5195c8760912170306p28b182adrcd1990b9ec6fa2bc%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Dale Farnsworth wrote: > [...] > Try "cd B; git fetch A a:b" Thanks. -- :J ```