Moving subfolder from one git repo to another preserving history

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I have the typical problem of splitting up one large repo into smaller ones, so I searched and came across this: http://gbayer.com/development/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history/

git clone <git repository A url> cd <git repository A directory> git remote rm origin git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter <directory 1> -- --all mkdir <directory 1> mv * <directory 1> git add . git commit

It would have worked for me, except that my clone is a shallow one. Since the repo is large, I had to clone with depth 0.
Now, what are my options?
Should I:

Clone the repo at its full depth in the first step (OR)
Not detach the remote in Step 3 and fetch all after filtering subdirectories (OR)
Do anything else?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:28:15Z

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Even without cloning again, you can convert your current repo from shallow to "unshallow"

git fetch --unshallow

Then, you can proceed with your git filter-branch

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:28

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