Importing one git repo as a branch into another git repo

Question

For historic reason we have source code for different version in different git repositories. So while Project A holds the version X of the source Project B holds version Y of th

Answer 1

1. First clone project A from git hub

git clone {git hub Project A URL}

2. Add remote repository path of project B

git remote add projectBrepo {git hub project B URL}

3. project B branches will be fetched

git fetch projectBrepo

4. check the all branches from project A and project B

git branch -v -a

5. check-out each branch name from project B (ex:master, branch_name1)

git checkout -b master_old remotes/projectBrepo/master

6. Push the master branch from project B to project A as master_old

git push origin master_old

7. check-out branch_name1 from project B

git checkout -b branch_name1 remotes/projectBrepo/branch_name1

8. Push the brnach_name1 from project B to project A

git push origin branch_name1