Question

I have a project directory like /projects/myProject/src/…
and my git repository is on /projects/myProject/src directory. But I want to change my main git directory to /projects/myProject(which is the parent of current git directory.)
I could just create a new repo on /projects/myProject, but I could lose all of my previous commits. Is there a way to change my directory without loosing my commit data?

Answer 1

1. Within the /src folder, Perform a move of * to ./src so now your code should all be in /src/src. If you do the move correctly it’ll keep all the revision history.
2. Move all content from /myproject/ to /myproject/src and then commit it.
3. Rename /myproject/src to /myproject/myproject and then move the entire directory tree down one.

That should retain your commit history.

Example

Before:

• /Myproj.make
• /src/.git
• /src/myproj.cpp

Next Step:

• /Myproj.make
• /src/.git
• /src/src/myproj.cpp

Next Step:

• /src/.git
• /src/Myproj.make
• /src/src/myproj.cpp
• [COMMIT]

Next Step:

• /.git
• /Myproj.make
• /src/myproj.cpp
• [DONE]