git-slice
Please be aware that one of git-slice dependencies nodegit doesnot properly work with Node 9.x, therefore until this problem is resolved we recommend that you to use Node 8.x instead.
This utility can be used to take out folder(s) from a git repository, fork it into a new git repository and eventually provide commands to sync changes between both repositories.
Commands
git-slice init
Optiions
| Option | Input | Required | Allow Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| --repo | Relative path of the git repository to be sliced | YES | NO |
| --branch | Name of the repository branch to be sliced | YES | NO |
| --folder | Path of the folder from the repository root | YES | YES |
$ git-slice init frontent-public --repo ./../main-repo --folder src/frontend/public --folder src/frontend/Components/Login --branch developThis command creates a new folder in the current directory and initiates a new git repository in it. In this case it will copy all the content from main-repo/src/frontend/public and main-repo/src/frontend/Components/Login, and places it in frontend-public/src/frontend/public and frontend-public/src/frontend/Components/Login respectively. In addition, this command also creates a config file frontend-public/git-slice.json to store configuration details.
git-slice pull
$ cd frontend-public$ git-slice pullIf main-repo/src/frontend/public is updated, this command can be used to sync the updates into frontend-public/src/frontend/public.
git-slice push
$ cd frontend-public$ git-slice push --branch updated-photos --message "changed public photos" --author-name "XYZ" --author-email "xyz@xyz.com"Options
| Option | Input | Required |
|---|---|---|
| --branch | Name of the branch to be created in the main git repository while pushing | YES |
| --message | Commit mesasge used to commit changes in the main git reposirory | YES |
| --author-name | Name of the author which will be used to commit in the main repository | YES |
| --author-email | Email of the author which will be used to commit in the main repository | YES |
If frontend-public/src/frontend/public is updated, this command can be used to create a new branch named updated-photos in main-repo and sync the changes made in frontend-public/src/frontend/public to that branch. Later, a pull request can be created to merge these changes with the master branch.