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Created July 31, 2018 18:04
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[GIT] Move root files into subfolder and preserve history
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move_root_with_history.sh
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git ls-files -s | sed "s-\t\"*-&[INSERT_PATH_HERE]/-" |
GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
git update-index --index-info &&
mv "$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new" "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"' [INSERT_COMMIT_HASH_HERE]..HEAD
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