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Move folder and keep Git history
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git-move-folder-with-history.sh
# Move/Rename folder "foo/my-old-folder" to "foo/my-new-folder" and keep history
git filter-branch -f --tree-filter 'test -d foo/my-old-folder && mv foo/my-old-folder foo/my-new-folder || echo "Nothing to do"' HEAD
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