# Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project

2 messages from 2010-08-22 to 2010-08-23. Participants: Guillermo Gonzalez, Jens Lehmann.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24830

## Guillermo Gonzalez, 2010-08-22 17:24

Subject: Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project
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Hello!

I have a big project, currently using GIT,  and I wish to take some
sudirectories -or libraries- and put them in a separate repo (and
incorporate them via submodule support), so other commiters can have
access to a specific part of the project only.

Is it possible to somehow export the history of say lib/componentX
into a new repository componentX.git?

Thank you very much!

Guillermo

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## Jens Lehmann, 2010-08-23 16:30

Subject: Re: Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project
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Am 22.08.2010 19:24, schrieb Guillermo Gonzalez:
> Is it possible to somehow export the history of say lib/componentX
> into a new repository componentX.git?

Sounds like you want to use "git filter-branch", see:
http://progit.org/book/ch6-4.html#making_a_subdirectory_the_new_root

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