# Change structure of project folder with Git

### I have this structure:

     project-folder/
         .git
         wp-admin/
         wp-content/
         wp-includes/
        .htaccess
        ...

### I want this structure:

     project-folder/
         .git
         public
              wp-admin/
              wp-content/
              wp-includes/
             .htaccess
             ...

### The benefits
* Keep away from the Internet my `.git` folder
* Wordpress files separated in a sub-folder
* Keep Git history changes
* Hide from the Internet deployment scripts or project sensitive informations


## Move files with git and keep file history


1. Be sure you don't have files uncommitted, if not commit them before next step.

    `git status`


2. In project-directory create `public` subfolder

    `mkdir public`

3. Move files with `git mv` except `public` subfolder to avoid errors

     `for file in $(ls | grep -v 'public'); do git mv $file public; done;`

4. Move specific files like .htaccess etc...

     `git mv .htaccess public/`

5. Commit changes

     `git commit -m 'Moved files to public/'`

6. That's all !

     `git log -M summary`


## To see file history of moved files
### In Bash:
`git log --follow`

[http://git-scm.com/docs/git-log](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-log)

### In SourceTree:
On logging file(s) you have to check `[x] Follow renamed files`