[Cialug] Version control splitting repository & migration

[David W. Body]

Daniel,

One approach would be to convert the entire repository to git and then use
git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter to break it up into separate git
repositories for each project.

--David



On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:

> Some of our programmers have been using a subversion repository for
> their projects. Unfortunately, they have several distinct projects all
> lumped together into one huge repository.
>
> We're now talking about migrating to git. I have found procedures[1] for
> migrating subversion to git, and even being able to maintain the commit
> history. However, i'd also like to be able to split the multiple
> projects into separate git repositories, for better organization. And
> i'm not familiar enough with either subversion or git to have any idea
> how to accomplish this while maintaining commit history. Any ideas?
>
>
> [1] http://john.albin.net/git/convert-subversion-to-git
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