How to change current repo to a new one while conserving all previous commits

Question

My current state:

Created and commited a JS development environment - call it Master A.
Continued to write new code on Master A, yet didn't commit any of the new code yet.

Expected state:

I would like my initial commit to Master B to include all the new and uncommitted written code from Master A + Include all commits of Master A.
I would like to have Master A available and re-usable to use it as a boilerplate for future JS environment projects.

I am looking for a stenciled workflow solution, not a one time solution for this issue.

Not looking to create new branches on Master A as solution, please. I would like to keep Master A organic for others to pull and benefit with no clutter/branches.

Thanks,

Buddy

@ArpitSolanki - Master B is not yet created, as it's my question here :) it should be a fresh repo that would carry all the commits of Master A + newly written and uncommited code from A — clusterBuddy, Mar 14 '18 at 08:41
@UdayrajDeshmukh - sounds interesting, please continue with this line, I thought about it too yet couldn't figure if I am totally seperating B and A totally (which I am looking for) — clusterBuddy, Mar 14 '18 at 08:42
The comment by @UdayrajDeshmukh seems perfect but you won't be able to catch uncommitted code from master A. Unless you commit the code from master A it can not be moved to a new repo — Arpit Solanki, Mar 14 '18 at 08:45
@ArpitSolanki - that's why I asked him to continue with that, since that line alone will 'contaminate' Master A with unnecessary commits. — clusterBuddy, Mar 14 '18 at 09:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '18 at 16:44

To reproduce your scenario I created two repositories testgitA and testgitB. testgitA contains some commits as well as some new uncommitted changes, whereas testgitB is empty.

Now, for "B to include all the new and uncommitted written code from A + Include all commits of A", I'd follow these steps:

Duplicate the folder testgitA into a new folder testgitB.

cp -R testgitA/ testgitB/

Note: This is to catch the uncommitted code.
Go into testgitB and change the url of remote origin to new one.

cd testgitB/ git config remote.origin.url "https://github.com/Udayraj123/testgitB"
Now you commit your changes into testgitB, where testgitA remains unaffected.

git add . && git commit -m "into testgitB"
If you want to discard uncommitted changes in the boilerplate repo, use the following command.

cd ../testgitA git add . git stash

Ref: More ways to discard uncommitted changes here

How to change current repo to a new one while conserving all previous commits

My current state:

Expected state:

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