Topic Notes Directory

• This directory is to store my various repositories for notes on specific programs, topics, software, or languages.

Adding Repos to This

• To add already started repos to this directory, make sure the repos are not inside this directory to start.
• Run git remote add <temp-name> <path to repo being added> This adds an entry for <temp-name> to the .git/config of this repo so there will be references to the commits we are about to add. <temp-name> is just a temporary name to be used for the repo you are trying to add so we can copy info from it.
• Run git fetch <temp-name> main this will copy the commit info from the source repo into the .git/objects of this repo for the main branch of the source repo (assuming its named main). This is needed for the next step.
• git subtree add --prefix=<local-name> <temp-name>/main this takes the git history of the main branch you copied in the prior step and performs a merge like operation to combine the commit history with this repo's commit history. This is stored under the prefix defined by <local-name> and a new directory is also created to store the repo locally here.
• You can check the repo was imported by running git log --oneline -- <local-name> which will give a message telling you a repo was added from a previous commit. Take that commit number and run: git log --oneline --decorate --graph <commit number> to see the imported history and check it.
• Repeat these steps for each repo you want to add
• Recommend running git remote remove <temp-name> when done to keep the remote entries clean so there is just origin later. Still keeps all the history imported.