repo_creation.md

how this repo as been created

Clone old and new empty repo

git clone git@depot.biologie.ens.fr:rsat ens_rsat_motif_databases
git clone git@github.com:rsa-tools/motif_databases.git github_motif_databases

Use filter-repo to filter the directory

cd ens_rsat_motif_databases
git remote remove origin # no needed, but it is more secure (should not be done if we want to update this repo)
git filter-repo --subdirectory-filter public_html/motif_databases --force --preserve-commit-hashes

See https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo

Get the commit in the new repo

cd ..
cd github_motif_databases
git remote add ens_updated  ../ens_rsat_motif_databases
git fetch ens_updated
git merge ens_updated/master -s recursive -X theirs

Use git lfs for large file

• config for tf file

git lfs install
git lfs track "*.tf"
git lfs migrate import --include="*.tf"
git add .gitattributes
git commit -am 'use git lfs for *.tf file'

See: https://git-lfs.github.com/

• import everything (for every branch and other git ref)

git lfs migrate info --everything # get info
git lfs migrate import --everything --include="*.tf"

Push in new repo on main branch

git push -u -f origin master