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  1. @korya korya revised this gist Feb 4, 2020. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
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    ### 3. Push the new repositories to the upstream server

    ```bash
    $ git remote add [email protected]:korya/submodule-repo.git
    $ git remote add origin [email protected]:korya/submodule-repo.git
    ```

    ### 4. Add the new repository as submodules to the original repository

    ```bash
    $ cd original-repo
    $ git rm sub/module/path
    $ git rm -r sub/module/path
    $ git commit -m "Removing the folders that are now repositories"
    $ git submodule add [email protected]:korya/submodule-repo.git sub/module/path
    $ git submodule init
    $ git submoduel update
    $ git submodule update
    $ git add .gitmodules sub/module/path
    $ git commit -m "Added in submodules for removed folders"
    ```
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    Source: http://willandorla.com/will/2011/01/convert-folder-into-git-submodule/


    ### 1. Clone new repository

    ```bash
    $ git clone --no-hardlinks original-repo copied-repo
    ```

    ### 2. Filter out the files you want to keep and remove the others

    ```bash
    $ cd copied-repo
    $ git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter sub/module/path HEAD -- --all
    $ git reset --hard
    $ git gc --aggressive
    $ git prune
    $ git remote rm origin
    ```

    ### 3. Push the new repositories to the upstream server

    ```bash
    $ git remote add [email protected]:korya/submodule-repo.git
    ```

    ### 4. Add the new repository as submodules to the original repository

    ```bash
    $ cd original-repo
    $ git rm sub/module/path
    $ git commit -m "Removing the folders that are now repositories"
    $ git submodule add [email protected]:korya/submodule-repo.git sub/module/path
    $ git submodule init
    $ git submoduel update
    $ git add .gitmodules sub/module/path
    $ git commit -m "Added in submodules for removed folders"
    ```