repo-extract

<<< repo-extract - Git project isolation tool >>>
Extract a directory from git repository to a new repository, with directory history preserved.
  In detail: Isolates a subdirectory from a repository cloned from a remote, using filter-branch git command.
Creates a new repository with that subdirectory content at the root.
That new repository is then pushed to the destination remote.

  usage: repo-extract.sh <source-remote> <dir-to-isolate> <new-repo-name> [<destination-remote>]

    if <destination-remote> is not specified, uses a local, temporary remote as a destination. This is a safe, non-destructive option for testing purposes.
    if <dir-to-isolate> is set to ".", the repository from source-remote is just "pushed" to the destination-remote

  At the end, clones a temporary repository from the updated destination-remote, to see the fresh result.

  note: provide an absolute path (or URL) for <source-remote> and <destination-remote> parameters
  note: if <destination-remote> is specified, that destination-remote must already exists


  example: repo-extract.sh "https://github.com/user/all-project" project1 project-1 "https://github.com/user/project-1"

tip

When extracting multiple directories from one source-remote repository, speed-up the cloning process by clone that remote repository to your machine first, and then use that cloned one as a local source-remote.

more examples

preview the result, without a modification of the destination remote:

. repo-extract.sh "https://github.com/user/all-project" project1 project-1

the result repository will be at: ./temp/project-1

see also

moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history