Question

I've spent a few months working on a project. It broke, I started a new project and just transfered the files, but I would like to transfer just the commit history into the new repository/project? I am a little familiar with git. What command line codes would I need to only transfer the commit history?

Answer 1

Basically you want to add a new remote, so in the old project you just need to add a new remote:

$ git remote add origin git@remote-path/project.git

then run:

$ git remote -v

and you should have two remotes.

If you have the error:

fatal: remote origin already exists.

just use other name for remote:

$ git remote add new-origin git@remote-path/project.git

Answer 2

Figured it out. Simply:

Go to project directory
```
cd ProjectAcceptingCommitMessages
```

Add project with commit history to current repository

git remote add projectB /home/you/projectB
git fetch projectB

Then merge the two together, therefore giving you the commit history
```
git merge projectB/master
```

How can I transfer the commit history of a repository to another repository?

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