We’ve just hit this point in our project (packit) that we want to split it to two repositories: CLI tool and a web service.
I was thinking of keeping the git history for files I want to move to the other repository. There is a ton tutorials and guides how to do such a thing. This is what worked for me:
Clone the original repository.
Have a list of files I want to remove:
…This is a follow-up to my previous blog post: “My github pull request workflow”.
I would like to dedicate a complete post on how you can be efficient when using git[hub].
It’s certain that you may have your own tips and tricks up your sleeve. Please share them in the comments.
Let’s begin!
…My colleague recently asked me how to correctly handle pull requests. Here’s how I’m doing it.
Everything starts with forking a repository so you can push your changes to your personal fork and then submit them as a pull request. So head over to the GitHub repository and hit the Fork button.
…It may happen that you need to install a python project with pip from git(hub). That’s pretty easy:
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