How to map files between two repositories in GIT?

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Imagine there is a GIT repository and I forked it to do custom features on it. As such, I have to relocate some files, yet maintain the reference of that file to the original repository so that if there are any updates happened I can merge it in mine without manual work

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '20 at 08:41

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I don't think this is natively supported by Git or GitLab.

You would need a script to:

fetch from the original repo
rename the files (and change their content to reflect the new package name) in a dedicated branch
merge that dedicated branch with yours in order to get the original repository file modifications.

answered Nov 30 '20 at 08:41

VonC

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plus, I believe modern Git versions can track changesets across renamed files. – Nils Werner Nov 30 '20 at 08:55
@NilsWerner Yes, through the similarity index (https://stackoverflow.com/a/46258968/6309) – VonC Nov 30 '20 at 09:00

How to map files between two repositories in GIT?

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