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If you create a new clone of the repository, you won't lose any of your Git history or changes when you split a folder into a separate repository.

{% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %} 2. Change the current working directory to the location where you want to create your new repository. 3. Clone the repository that contains the subfolder.

$ git clone https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME</em>/<em>REPOSITORY-NAME</em>

4. Change the current working directory to your cloned repository.

$ cd <em>REPOSITORY-NAME</em>

5. To filter out the subfolder from the rest of the files in the repository, run git filter-branch, supplying this information:

   • FOLDER-NAME: The folder within your project that you'd like to create a separate repository from.

   {% windows %}

   {% tip %}

   Tip: Windows users should use / to delimit folders.

   {% endtip %}

   {% endwindows %}

   • BRANCH-NAME: The default branch for your current project, for example, main or gh-pages.

   $ git filter-branch --prune-empty --subdirectory-filter <em>FOLDER-NAME BRANCH-NAME</em>
   # Filter the specified branch in your directory and remove empty commits
   > Rewrite 48dc599c80e20527ed902928085e7861e6b3cbe6 (89/89)
   > Ref 'refs/heads/<em>BRANCH-NAME</em>' was rewritten
   

The repository should now only contain the files that were in your subfolder.

6. Create a new repository on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.
7. At the top of your new {% data variables.product.product_name %} repository's Quick Setup page, click {% octicon "clippy" aria-label="The copy to clipboard icon" %} to copy the remote repository URL.

{% tip %}

Tip: For information on the difference between HTTPS and SSH URLs, see "About remote repositories."

{% endtip %}

8. Check the existing remote name for your repository. For example, origin or upstream are two common choices.

$ git remote -v
> origin  https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME/REPOSITORY-NAME</em>.git (fetch)
> origin  https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME/REPOSITORY-NAME</em>.git (push)

9. Set up a new remote URL for your new repository using the existing remote name and the remote repository URL you copied in step 7.

git remote set-url origin https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME/NEW-REPOSITORY-NAME</em>.git

10. Verify that the remote URL has changed with your new repository name.

$ git remote -v
# Verify new remote URL
> origin  https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME/NEW-REPOSITORY-NAME</em>.git (fetch)
> origin  https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>USERNAME/NEW-REPOSITORY-NAME</em>.git (push)

11. Push your changes to the new repository on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.

git push -u origin <em>BRANCH-NAME</em>