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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Duplicate file, with history (well, sort of)
#
# Copy a git file, keeping history.
# Sources:
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/53849613/3079831
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/75942970/3079831
CMDNAME=${0##*/} # script name
if (( $# != 2 )); then
printf "Usage: %s original copy\n" "$CMDNAME"
exit 1
fi
from="$1"
to="$2"
branch="split-file"
printf "Dup from=[%s] to=[%s] branch=[%s]\n" "$from" "$to" "$branch"
git checkout -b "$branch" # create and switch to branch
git mv "$from" "$to" # make the duplicate
git commit -m "Duplicate $from to $to"
git checkout HEAD~ "$from" # bring back the original
git commit -m "Restore duplicated $from"
git checkout - # switch back to source branch
git merge --no-ff "$branch" -m "Merge $branch" # merge dup into source branch
exit 0