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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: 2025-01-10T16:46:48.699Z (20 days ago)
- Topics: bitbucket, cli, git, github, gitlab
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 35.2 KB
- Stars: 163
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Git Copy History
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-copy-history)
And only the history
### 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
> Please help me to improve this Readme file by sending PR