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Copy files or directories from another git repository preserving the history
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| # see http://blog.neutrino.es/2012/git-copy-a-file-or-directory-from-another-repository-preserving-history/ | |
| mkdir /tmp/mergepatchs | |
| cd ~/repo/org | |
| export reposrc="path/to/file1 path/to/file2" | |
| git format-patch -o /tmp/mergepatchs $(git log $reposrc|grep ^commit|tail -1|awk '{print $2}')^..HEAD $reposrc | |
| cd ~/repo/dest | |
| git am /tmp/mergepatchs/*.patch |
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