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I need to copy an existing git repository to a new branch on an existing git repository I tried

git branch new_branch git checkout new_branch git remote add project url/to/existing/repo git fetch

But it doesn't work, I need to preserve the commit history :)

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  • Explain what you are trying to accomplish - it is probably not a correct way to do whatever you are trying to do. Commented Aug 16, 2013 at 22:01
  • Well, I have a project and I want to merge it to another project who have the same folder structure, maybe I can merge it at all, but I thought that was better create a branch for it. Commented Aug 16, 2013 at 22:46

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So, you just want to fetch everything from your repo? Do that.

git remote add existing url/to/existing/repo git fetch existing

and then add tracking branches for anything you care about.

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