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title: Extracting a custom module with a Git subtree
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date: 2024-09-04 20:12:00
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tags: [Git]
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---
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To extract a directory from a repository and keep the history, you can use the `git subtree split` command to create a new branch:
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```shell
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git subtree split --prefix=web/modules/custom/my_module --branch=split
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Created branch 'split'
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17835f24069061326e9e065f076afd67434e1b2f
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```
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This will create a new branch with just the contents of the given directory.
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This can be pushed to a different repository:
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```shell
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git push git@github.com:opdavies/new-repo.git split:main
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```
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