Re: Splitting GNOME Games and modules names (gnome-chess etc)

[Christian Persch <chpe gnome org>]

Hi;

Am Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:02:28 +1200
schrieb Robert Ancell <robert ancell gmail com>:
> For 2.8 we are now in a state to split GNOME Games into separate
> modules.

> 3. Any advice on how to transfer the code to the new modules? Do we
> lose all the git history?

When I split aisleriot from gnome-games, I used git filter-branch to
create the new module. First I got the list of all directories ever in
the g-g repo, then selected the ones relevant for the new aisleriot
repo, and applied git f-b accordingly, and run git gc with
aggressive options afterwards. Most likely, this means
including /, /po, /data, /icons, /$gamename and /$oldgamename (and
maybe some others). The old revisions in the new repo won't be
buildable (due to configure stuff etc) but at least git blame for code
will work.

Regards,
	Christian