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| #!/bin/bash | |
| #Inspired by http://blog.neutrino.es/2012/git-copy-a-file-or-directory-from-another-repository-preserving-history/ | |
| #Copy a file or directory out of a git repository, preserving history! | |
| #Creates '/destination/patch/path' with patches that can be applied with git am | |
| #e.g. | |
| #0001-First-Commit.patch | |
| #0002-Second-Commit.patch | |
| #... | |
| #Usage: copy-git-file.sh /some/repo/interesting/thing /destination/patch/path | |
| S=$1 | |
| DS=$S | |
| D=$2 | |
| C=$(pwd) | |
| if [ ! -d $S ]; then | |
| DS=$(dirname $S) | |
| fi | |
| echo "REPO FOLDER: $DS" | |
| if [[ ! "$D" = /* ]]; then | |
| D="$C/$D" | |
| fi | |
| echo "DESTINATION FOLDER: $D" | |
| pushd $DS | |
| LOG=$(git log|grep ^commit) | |
| COMMIT_COUNT=$(echo $LOG | wc -l) | |
| FIRST_COMMIT=$(echo $LOG|tail -1|awk '{print $2}') | |
| if [ $COMMIT_COUNT -eq 1 ]; then | |
| git format-patch -o $D --root $FIRST_COMMIT $S | |
| else | |
| git format-patch -o $D $FIRST_COMMIT..HEAD $S | |
| fi | |
| popd |
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