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init

git splice init <path> <url>

Makes a folder of the monorepo a splice of a new, empty repository. The first push starts the upstream at the init commit; the folder's earlier history stays in the monorepo.

In the sandbox, libs/c/ grew inside the monorepo, and lib-c.git is empty:

$ git splice init libs/c https://git.example.com/lib-c.git
ok   libs/c: initialized -- 'git splice push libs/c' publishes it
$ git splice push libs/c
??   libs/c: upstream has no 'main' branch yet -- this push creates it
ok   libs/c: pushed 9dc1e6a to main
$ git -C "$WALKTHROUGH/upstream/lib-c.git" log --format=%s main
splice: init libs/c

More​

  • Why the folder's history before init stays in the monorepo: init-new-upstream.
  • In a fresh clone of the monorepo, commands treat the upstream as empty until the first fetch, a known bug (init-then-cloned).