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How to push an existing branch into a new repo using git?

I'm currently working on a project where we have a UI branch and a Services branch (not my branching design). We now need to separate them into two distinct repos. I am trying to find the best way to do this while preserving the history and not having the new repo track back to the old one.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • You first have to add the new remote repository: 

    git remote add newrepo https://github.com/name.git

    Then you could push your branch (yournewbranch) to this repository: 

    git push newrepo yournewbranch:master

    If the master branch already exists you might force the update or push to an other branch on the new repository