i did this: jovo:~/Research/oopsi% mkdir test jovo:~/Research/oopsi% cd test jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ jovo:Research/oopsi/test% touch .gitignore jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git add .gitignore jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git commit -m'initial commit' Created initial commit bfe6cee: initial commit 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .gitignore
that's good. then this: jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git remote add -f meta-oopsi git://github.com/jovo/meta-oopsi fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly fetch meta-oopsi: command returned error: 128 that's bad. since the repo's are local, i did this: jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git fetch ../meta-oopsi warning: no common commits remote: Counting objects: 2658, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2307/2307), done. remote: Total 2658 (delta 711), reused 963 (delta 332) Receiving objects: 100% (2658/2658), 583.85 MiB | 3209 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (711/711), done. that's good. then i did this: jovo:Research/oopsi/test% git merge -s ours --no-commit meta-oopsi/ master meta-oopsi/master - not something we can merge that's bad. thoughts? On Dec 11, 3:07 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > Try doing this in a fresh clone, you're probably running into a conflict > with how you had the repo previously set up. > > Tekkub > GitHub Tech Support > http://support.github.com/ > Join us on IRC: #github on freenode.net > Discussion group: [email protected] > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:46 AM, JoVo <[email protected]> wrote: > > tekkub, thanks for the response. both repo's are pushed to github > > already, and if i somehow lose some history from either, its really > > not a big deal, although it'd be nice to keep. > > > so, i kinda see what you mean. i am looking to the subtree merge > > option. but i'm a little confused about implementation in my > > particular scenario, as i have one repo for the directory meta, and > > another for the sub-directory meta/thesis. i tried to follow the > > instructions from the link, but sadly, they did not work for me :( > > > in particular, i am in ~/meta, which already has a repo with a long > > commit history. thus, i start with: > > > jovo:Research/oopsi/meta-oopsi% git remote add -f thesis > > git://github.com/jovo/thesis.git > > remote thesis already exists. > > > which i take as a good sign. then, i do and get this: > > > jovo:Research/oopsi/meta-oopsi% git merge -s ours --no-commit thesis/ > > master > > thesis/master - not something we can merge > > > trying to add or remove a '/' here and there doesn't change anything, > > neither does including/excluding 'master' > > > thus, i'm stuck. little help? many thanks, jovo > > > On Dec 3, 7:16 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First and foremost, if the local repos are the only copies you have, I > > would > > > back them up or push them to github. Take a step back, clone the repos > > to a > > > new path, and work from there with a fresh start. > > > > What you're looking at here is basically submodules vs subtree merge. Do > > > you want the repos to maintain separate histories but still be linked > > > together, essentially making one a plugin of the other... or do you want > > to > > > completely merge the repos and their histories together, creating a > > single > > > repo from that point on. If you want to keep them separate, then you > > want > > > git-submodule. If you want to merge them, you want subtree merge. > > > > Submodules: > >http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-submodule.html > > > Subtree merge: http://help.github.com/subtree-merge/ > > > > Tekkub > > > GitHub Tech Support > > > http://support.github.com/ > > > Join us on IRC: #github on freenode.net > > > Discussion group: [email protected] > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM, JoVo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i have the following folder hierarchy: meta/thesis > > > > > i had a repo for 'meta', and another for 'meta/thesis'. i continually > > > > updated the thesis repo, but not the 'meta' repo. just recently, i > > > > decided to update the meta repo. but, i wanted to include the commit > > > > history from the thesis repo. so, when in the meta dir, i simply > > > > called 'git pull thesis' > > > > > to my surprise, this put copies of all the subfolders within thesis > > > > into meta, ie, before i had meta/thesis/a and meta/thesis/b, and now i > > > > also had meta/a and meta/b. so, i deleted the redundant folders, and > > > > did a commit from the meta folder. when i pushed to github, the > > > > 'thesis' folder in meta had a funny icon, and listed the commit id > > > > from the 'thesis' repo. > > > > > so, i would love to delete the thesis repo, both locally and remotely, > > > > and still keep the commit history in the 'meta' repo, and have it > > > > available remotely. if i do a 'rm -rf /thesis/.git', and delete it > > > > remotely, will i lose the commit history from the 'thesis' repo? > > > > > many thanks, > > > > JoVo > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "GitHub" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<github%[email protected]> > > <github%[email protected]<github%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups. > > com> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "GitHub" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<github%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. 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