Re: Subtree split unsquashes everything

2016-05-21 Thread Joseph Musser
Thanks for the response. I began to wonder if indeed I was using the correct paradigm, since the split operation would leave the subtree prefix as `/` which is an impossible prefix when creating a subtree. Attempting to add a new subtree with prefix `/` results in an error because the prefix

Re: Subtree split unsquashes everything

2016-05-21 Thread David A. Greene
Joseph Musser writes: > I ran `git subtree split -P=subdir/subdir/ -b newbranch` and the > outcome seems to be perfect except that each squash merge has turned > into a full merge, bringing along all history from the other repo. Why > does it do this and how can I preserve my repo

Subtree split unsquashes everything

2016-05-14 Thread Joseph Musser
Hello! I was directed to ask here; I hope I am respecting your format. I have a repo with a subtree. I squashed every merge with the subtree remote to keep the history manageable. Now down the road after a bunch of merges, I need to split my repo’s master branch into two new branches and move the