A branch from a sub-directory?

[Marius Kruger]

2009/2/15 Gioele <gioele at svario.it>

> One of the modules of a project I'm working on has outgrew its parent
> project. This module lives in a sub-directory of its parent project.
>
> I'd like to move this module to its own branch preserving its history.
>
> Is there a way to create a branch from that directory without bringing in
> the complete history of the previous branch but only the history of files
> in that subdirectory?
>

maybe `bzr split ...` would do the trick for you:

Purpose: Split a subdirectory of a tree into a separate tree.
Usage:   bzr split TREE

Options:
  -v, --verbose  Display more information.
  -q, --quiet    Only display errors and warnings.
  -h, --help     Show help message.

Description:
  This command will produce a target tree in a format that supports
  rich roots, like 'rich-root' or 'rich-root-pack'.  These formats cannot be
  converted into earlier formats like 'dirstate-tags'.

  The TREE argument should be a subdirectory of a working tree.  That
  subdirectory will be converted into an independent tree, with its own
  branch.  Commits in the top-level tree will not apply to the new subtree.
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