How can you merge two repositories while keeping all commit and contribution history? #75875

dascrapy · 2023-11-17T15:32:31Z

dascrapy
Nov 17, 2023

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If you have two repositories and you want to unify them into one but don't want to lose your contribution or commit history.

Answered by bufferingdot

Nov 17, 2023

Hello, I am not very familiar with Git, but I did manage to merge two and more repositories into one. (after a few unsuccessful attempts seeking help on the internet, I did manage to get assistance from here).

Here's what I did:
I wanted to merge repo-a into repo-b.
I opened repo-a with GitHub Desktop (cloned),
opened it in VSCode, and accessed the terminal in VSCode (bash).

$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin url_to_repo-b
$ git fetch
$ git checkout main  # Adjust the branch name as needed
$ git pull origin main --allow-unrelated-histories

Now, all the files showed up in the same folder as repo-b.

$ git push origin main

I checked in GitHub Desktop if any changes were left to…

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bufferingdot · 2023-11-17T16:34:09Z

bufferingdot
Nov 17, 2023

Hello, I am not very familiar with Git, but I did manage to merge two and more repositories into one. (after a few unsuccessful attempts seeking help on the internet, I did manage to get assistance from here).

Here's what I did:
I wanted to merge repo-a into repo-b.
I opened repo-a with GitHub Desktop (cloned),
opened it in VSCode, and accessed the terminal in VSCode (bash).

$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin url_to_repo-b
$ git fetch
$ git checkout main  # Adjust the branch name as needed
$ git pull origin main --allow-unrelated-histories

Now, all the files showed up in the same folder as repo-b.

$ git push origin main

I checked in GitHub Desktop if any changes were left to push and completed the process. In repo-b, all the files from both repositories with all commits were present. I deleted repo-a. In the contribution section, it is showing all commits made to repo-b with their respective date-time history.

Check the repo I merged in.

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chandra-opsera · 2025-05-07T18:11:14Z

chandra-opsera
May 7, 2025

git subtree add is better approach

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reuelrai · 2025-05-09T09:37:18Z

reuelrai
May 9, 2025

Thanks... I will try it...

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