How to import a exist git repository into another git repository?

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How to import a exist git repository into another git repository?

From: Edmond Halley <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:20

Hi,

I have two exit repos A and B. I would like A becomes part of B. For example:
original:
A
|-- a.cpp
`-- Makefile

B
|-- b.cpp
`-- Makefile

combined:
B
|-- b.cpp
|-- Makefile
`-- A
    |-- a.cpp
    `-- Makefile

The git log of repo A is kept in the combined repo.

I try google but the following methods turn out they do not work like
what I want. I can not view the log of original repo A after
combining.
1) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1683531/how-to-import-existing-git-repository-into-another
Fail at the following command.
git checkout -b ZZZ other/master
error: Untracked working tree file 'Makefile' would be overwritten by merge.

2) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/5126/
git log only give the lastest commit message. I do not know how to get
the log if orignal repo A.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Halley

Re: How to import a exist git repository into another git repository?

From: Andrew Garber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:20

What you're looking for is subtree merge:

http://progit.org/book/ch6-7.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/using-merge-subtree.html

- Andrew Garber

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Edmond Halley [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi,

I have two exit repos A and B. I would like A becomes part of B. For example:
original:
A
|-- a.cpp
`-- Makefile

B
|-- b.cpp
`-- Makefile

combined:
B
|-- b.cpp
|-- Makefile
`-- A
   |-- a.cpp
   `-- Makefile

The git log of repo A is kept in the combined repo.

I try google but the following methods turn out they do not work like
what I want. I can not view the log of original repo A after
combining.
1) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1683531/how-to-import-existing-git-repository-into-another
Fail at the following command.
git checkout -b ZZZ other/master
error: Untracked working tree file 'Makefile' would be overwritten by merge.

2) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/5126/
git log only give the lastest commit message. I do not know how to get
the log if orignal repo A.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Halley
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