Sometimes we need to move branches between repositories. A practical way is through git bundle:

Let's say we have two repositories, repo1 and repo2, and we want to move a branch named feature-branch from repo1 to repo2. It might contain totally unrelated commits, but we want to keep the history of feature-branch intact.

• repo1
  • feature-branch
  • main
• repo2
  • main

1. Create a Bundle

   Open a terminal and navigate to repo1. Create a bundle file that contains the feature-branch:

   cd /path/to/repo1
   git bundle create feature-branch.bundle feature-branch

2. Move the Bundle to Somewhere You Can Access (Optional)

3. Navigate to repo2

   cd /path/to/repo2

4. Fetch the Bundle

   git fetch /path/to/feature-branch.bundle feature-branch:feature-branch

   提示

   As for the syntax feature-branch:feature-branch, the branch name before the colon is the remote branch name, while the one after the colon is the local branch name. You should always consider filling both of them.

Now you have the feature-branch in repo2 with all its history intact. It's safe to delete the bundle and the original branch in repo1.