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| author | Win Treese <treese@acm.org> | 2010-02-05 19:48:11 -0500 |
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| committer | Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> | 2010-02-05 21:02:52 -0500 |
| commit | 37668a13edbc8bd8f8ac5ecbd5bf839a4171c09b (patch) | |
| tree | 9a9d5ef6cccc9c43b02c91d664cf8090460fc071 | |
| parent | e2d0a4502f115ee63b8ff96661cfcc8aad075822 (diff) | |
| download | git-37668a13edbc8bd8f8ac5ecbd5bf839a4171c09b.tar.gz | |
git-subtree.txt: add another example.
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diff --git a/git-subtree.txt b/git-subtree.txt index 9b2d48e334..2200aaeaf2 100644 --- a/git-subtree.txt +++ b/git-subtree.txt @@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ OPTIONS FOR split subproject's history to be part of your project anyway. -EXAMPLES --------- +EXAMPLE 1 +--------- Let's use the repository for the git source code as an example. First, get your own copy of the git.git repository: @@ -284,6 +284,23 @@ the standard gitweb: git log gitweb-latest..$(git subtree split --prefix=gitweb) +EXAMPLE 2 +--------- +Suppose you have a source directory with many files and +subdirectories, and you want to extract the lib directory to its own +git project. Here's a short way to do it: + +First, make the new repository wherever you want: + <go to the new location> + git init --bare + +Back in your original directory: + git subtree split --prefix=lib --annotate="(split)" -b split + +Then push the new branch onto the new empty repository: + git push <new-repo> split:master + + AUTHOR ------ |