Git need to clone from a specific folder or remove top level folder, but keep contents from that folder

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I'm trying to deploy a rails app via git, but my folder structure is a bit goofy b/c i created everything in an unnecessary folder like this:

MASTER
------ mysite
------------- app
------------- conf
------------- Gemfile
....

My git url looks like this:

git@subdomain.beanstalkapp.com:/mysite.git

How can i either clone a repository from inside the "mysite" folder, or how can i remove the "mysite folder" and move it's content into the master branch itself?

This isn't a Ruby or Rails question. It's a git question entirely. — the Tin Man, Mar 19 '13 at 04:19

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 00:15

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Is your mysite folder the only thing on its parent folder? If yes, you can move everything inside mysite folder to its parent folder. From the parent directory do:

mv -rf mysite/* .
rm -rf mysite
git add .
git commit -am 'removing mysite folder'
git push origin master

answered Mar 19 '13 at 00:15

João Daniel

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Yes it is. Thanks for this simple solution – Catfish Mar 19 '13 at 00:17
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Please, the is a mistake on the first line. Consider: `mv mysite/* .` – João Daniel Mar 19 '13 at 00:19
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`mv mysite/* .` would not move hidden files like `mysite/.gitignore` for example. – Tuxdude Mar 19 '13 at 04:51

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '13 at 05:01

If you do not have any hidden files (dotfiles like .gitignore), João Daniel's answer should be sufficient.

These commands should all cases I can think of (including moving dotfiles)

# Change dir into the root of the repo
cd ROOT_DIRECTORY_OF_YOUR_REPO

# Find all content directly under mysite, and execute
# git mv on them with the destination directory as the
# current directory
find mysite/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec git mv {} . \;

# Commit the change
git commit

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Git probably is not ideal for this, but you can probably do it with sparseCheckout.

"Is there any way to clone a git repository's sub-directory only?" is a similar question with a good walkthrough of the steps.

Once you've cloned the sub-folder, you could delete the sparseCheckout configuration commit the root and then push back to master.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 00:16

d_ethier

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Git need to clone from a specific folder or remove top level folder, but keep contents from that folder

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