https://github.com/pfrankov/git-copy-history

Copy commit history from another repository
https://github.com/pfrankov/git-copy-history

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Copy commit history from another repository

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pfrankov/git-copy-history
• Owner: pfrankov
• Created: 2019-07-11T22:00:07.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-11T05:56:59.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-29T16:17:51.337Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: bitbucket, cli, git, github, gitlab
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 164
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Git Copy History

[![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/git-copy-history.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-copy-history)

And only the history

![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/584632/61998650-da56b800-b0bb-11e9-8b23-3bb9f4959e96.gif)

### Copy your commit history from

- 

- 

- Or any other local Git repository

## How it works

Example: your repo is not on GitHub so for others it looks like you've just stopped coding at all.

- This CLI takes all of YOUR commits from your local repo

- It commits only **hashes from hashes** for exact same timestamps to another repo

- This another repository has no private information inside but it has perfectly timed commit history

- It can be shared on GitHub without any restrictions

- You can even make the repository with history private - and commit history still will be visible (see the last section below)

## Installation

```bash

npm install -g git-copy-history

```

## Usage

```bash

# Create new repo

mkdir just-history

cd just-history

git init

# Point git-copy-history to the source repo

# git-copy-history from  [options]

git-copy-history from ../local-repo

```

Create private [repository on GitHub](https://github.com/new).

Follow the instructions for existing repositories.

- Add origin to your new repository

- Push the history to the remote repository

### Options

| Option     | Description                                                                                                                       |

| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| `--author` | Option used to setup author name or author email. This option can be used multiple times.                                         |

| `--secret` | Option used to setup secret key to hashing algorithm that creates hashes from repo hashes.
 **Every time must be the same.** |

## Update history

Just run `git-copy-history` again and it will add only the new commits.

```bash

git-copy-history from ../local-repo

git push

```

## Update your profile settings

If you have private repository and did not check this box: go to your [Profile Settings page](https://github.com/settings/profile) and check the box:



## Feedback



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