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Change git-cp to use cleaner branch approach #1169

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Change git-cp to use cleaner branch approach #1169

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Change git-cp to use cleaner branch approach, per https://stackoverfl…
MattiasEh Sep 29, 2024
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Name the temporary branch to better fit in with git-extras
MattiasEh Sep 29, 2024
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Again, git-extras naming is "copy", not "split"
MattiasEh Sep 30, 2024
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main'
MattiasEh Oct 3, 2024
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Make the commit messages more clear
MattiasEh Oct 6, 2024
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fi
fi

MERGE_OPT=
ff=$(git config --get merge.ff || true)
if [[ "$ff" == "only" ]]; then
MERGE_OPT="--ff"
fi

echo "Copying $CURRENT_FILENAME into $DESTINATION_FILENAME"

INTERMEDIATE_FILENAME="${CURRENT_FILENAME//\//__}-move-to-${DESTINATION_FILENAME//\//__}"

# We keep the existing file on the side in a commit
git mv "${CURRENT_FILENAME}" "${INTERMEDIATE_FILENAME}"
git commit -nm "Keep $CURRENT_FILENAME"
# Pre-check that the source and destination will work
git mv --dry-run "${CURRENT_FILENAME}" "${DESTINATION_FILENAME}"

# We come back to the previous state and revert that change
INTERMEDIATE_SAVED=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
git reset --hard HEAD^
# Make a new branch and switch to it
BRANCH_NAME="git-cp-$(date +%s)"
git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"

# We move the file to its new destination
# Move the original file to the new destination, in this branch
git mv "${CURRENT_FILENAME}" "${DESTINATION_FILENAME}"
git commit -nm "Copy $CURRENT_FILENAME into $DESTINATION_FILENAME"
git commit -nm "--Duplicate $CURRENT_FILENAME history into $DESTINATION_FILENAME"

# We come back to the previous state and revert that change again
DESTINATION_SAVED=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
git reset --hard HEAD^
# Restore the original file to keep it in the history
git checkout HEAD~ "${CURRENT_FILENAME}"
git commit -nm "--Restore $CURRENT_FILENAME"

# We keep both files
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
git merge $MERGE_OPT "${DESTINATION_SAVED}" "${INTERMEDIATE_SAVED}" -m "Duplicate ${CURRENT_FILENAME} history."
# Switch to the original branch and merge this back in.
git checkout -
git merge --no-ff "$BRANCH_NAME" -m "Copy $CURRENT_FILENAME into $DESTINATION_FILENAME"

# We get back our original name
git mv "${INTERMEDIATE_FILENAME}" "${CURRENT_FILENAME}"
git commit -nm "Set back ${CURRENT_FILENAME} file"
# We're now done with the branch, so delete it.
# We shouldn't need -D here, as we've already merged it back in.
git branch -d "$BRANCH_NAME"
fi
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