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git filter-repo

filter-repo is a handy tool that can be used to extract parts of projects to a separate repository keeping the complete git history of files.

The idea here is to filter out all unnecessary files, leaving only those commits, which affected the files that stayed in the repository. For this reason, it's best to perform this operation on a clean clone, alternatively you can run git -fdx.

Example usages

WordPress-MediaPicker-Android

wordpress-mobile/WordPress-MediaPicker-Android#14

git filter-repo --path WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mediapicker/ \  
 --path WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mediapicker/ \  
 --path-regex layout\/media_picker \  
 --path-rename WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/:MediaPicker/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ \  
 --path-rename WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/:MediaPicker/src/test/java/org/wordpress/ \  
 --path-rename WordPress/src/main/res/layout/:MediaPicker/src/main/res/layout/ \ 
 --replace-text ~/expressions.txt


expressions.txt:
org.wordpress.android.ui.mediapicker==>org.wordpress.android.mediapicker

The above command was used to extract mediapicker packages, with all needed layout files and tests. During the filtering 2 modifications were performed:

  • --path-rename changed the directories/packages of the files, making it more suitable for the package structure in the new repository
  • --replace-text which affected package and import of Java and Kotlin files

Then, we can merge what was left from the original repository, to the new one using --allow-unrelated-histories option. It can look like

git remote add wp ~/WordPress-Android-Temp # directory with filtered repository
git fetch wp
git merge wp/develop --allow-unrelated-histories
git remote remove wp

Encrypted-Logging

Automattic/EncryptedLogging#2 Automattic/EncryptedLogging#3

git filter-repo \
 --path example/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/encryptedlog/EncryptedLogSqlUtilsTest.kt \
 --path-rename example/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/encryptedlog:encryptedlogging/src/test/kotlin/com/automattic/encryptedlogging/encryptedlog \
 --path example/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/release/ReleaseStack_EncryptedLogTest.kt \
 --path-rename example/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/release:encryptedlogging/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/automattic/encryptedlogging/release \
 --path example/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/LogEncrypterTest.kt \
 --path-rename example/src/androidTest/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/:encryptedlogging/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/automattic/encryptedlogging/ \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/encryptedlogging/EncryptedLog.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/action/EncryptedLogAction.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/encryptedlogging/LogEncrypter.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/network/BaseRequest.java \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/network/EncryptedLogUploadRequest.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/network/rest/wpcom/encryptedlog/EncryptedLogRestClient.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/persistence/EncryptedLogSqlUtils.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/store/EncryptedLogStore.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/encryptedlogging/EncryptedSecretStreamKey.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/encryptedlogging/SecretStreamKey.kt \
 --path fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/encryptedlogging/EncryptionUtils.kt \
 --path-rename fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/:encryptedlogging/src/main/kotlin/com/automattic/encryptedlogging/ \
 --replace-text ~/expressions.txt


expressions.txt:
org.wordpress.android.fluxc==>com.automattic.encryptedlogging

A fairly similar case, but this time files were more scattered around the codebase, so there are more --path arguments. What's interesting here is that the migration doesn't have to happen in one merge (see PRs #2 and #3). One can add some files in one merge, then realize that not all needed files were extracted, and add more in another merge.
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