To chime in: there is a reasonably simple way to move a subdirectory from one git repository to another while preserving history. At @everett-toews' request, I've written it up for this case [in a gist](https://gist.github.com/smashwilson/015e6a3abfbf7af73d31) with a ton of comments.
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