Copy a file including history from one repo to an other

Useful-Git-commands.md

@@ -51,3 +51,17 @@ or if you want to go back to latest previous commit:
 git reset --hard HEAD^
 ```
 > **IMPORTANT:** *reset with `--hard` parameter reset your commits and you may no longer have access to your changes.*
+
+### Copy a file including history from one repo to an other
+```
+git log --pretty=email --patch-with-stat --reverse --full-index --binary -- path/to/file_or_folder > /tmp/commits.log
+```
+Fix the relative path to new repo
+```
+sed -i 's|path/to/file|new/path/to/file|g' /tmp/commits.log
+```
+Reapply it to new repo
+```
+cd /path/to/new/repo
+git am < /tmp/commits.log
+```