Thanks again Mike. Your message did make some things clear. perhaps, I should again reframe my question then.
I don't want to get the git source on my local work space (so not use git clone). But I want to copy the file from one location to another using Git Lab API. Example in one of the links that you shared: cp dir1/A.txt dir2/A.txt git add dir2/A.txt git commit -m "Duplicated file from dir1/ to dir2/" Then the following commands will show the full pre-copy history: git log --follow dir2/A.txt So Can't I copy a file using gitlab API from one location to another*(Note I wanted to use the GitLabAPI here). Because as you mentioned or the links you shared indicate that using git i can follow the history. I think in end I want to copy the file using gitlab API not using git commands. Thanks, Shikha On 15 December 2017 at 09:40, Mike Weilgart < mike.weilg...@verticalsysadmin.com> wrote: > Thanks, Shikha. I'm not sure I clearly expressed my point. Git doesn't > *record* anything about file renames, moves *or* copies. The data you > are looking to register with the GitLab API isn't possible to *store* in > Git. > > As explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1043566/5419599 > > Git does not do rename tracking nor copy tracking, which means it doesn't > *record* renames or copies. What it does instead is rename and copy > *detection*. > > https://stackoverflow.com/q/16937359/5419599 might be useful for you also. > > Best, > —Mike Weilgart > Vertical Sysadmin, Inc. > > On Dec 14, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Shikha Aggarwal < > shikha.aggarwal0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Mike for your response. Perhaps I didnot explain the question very > well. > 1. Yes I would like to do a copy not a move. > 2. I would like to use the gitlab API to do that, > https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/README.html > > The only API I found so far was https://docs.gitlab.com/ > ee/api/repository_files.html - the create file, > It's not really a copy fof existng file from repository hence I was > wondering how that can be done using GitLab API's > > Thanks again, > Shikha > > On Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:58:25 UTC+1, Shikha Aggarwal wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I need to copy a file in from one location to another but I want to >> preserve the commit history of that file. >> Is it possible to do that using GitLAB API? >> >> Thanks >> Shikha >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GitLab" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/gitlabhq/5e20e18f-aeb2-4158-b997-6fdb6eda81bf%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/5e20e18f-aeb2-4158-b997-6fdb6eda81bf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "GitLab" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/gitlabhq/-_kzjL8wDTg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/gitlabhq/39A6AD85-3A28-4756-BECE-A3E230194730%40verticalsysadmin.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/39A6AD85-3A28-4756-BECE-A3E230194730%40verticalsysadmin.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitLab" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/CAGirEH58i8CYA0Cg-4Bk9MzKsJZ30QT_tPZ25_mUqknbrtCd3g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
