Git Copy a folder from master branch to another branch

Question

I have folder name utils I want to copy this folder from master branch to work branch. How do I do that ?

Answer 1

To copy the folder over:

$ git checkout work Switched to branch 'work' $ git checkout master -- utils $ git add utils $ git commit -m "Adding 'utils' directory from 'master' branch." [work 9fcd968] Adding 'utils' directory from 'master' branch.  1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)  create mode 100644 utils/file 

If you want to delete it on master after that:

$ git checkout master Switched to branch 'master' $ git rm -r utils rm 'utils/file' $ git commit -m "Removing 'utils' directory." [master c786f95] Removing 'utils' directory.  1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)  delete mode 100644 utils/file 

Then you can just git push as necessary. Git's output in your project may be different; I just made a simple test repo here with only one file in the utils directory.