Move .git repo to parent directory [duplicate]

Question

I have a subdirectory named "www" that is a repo:

site |-- www/ |    |-- .git/ |    |-- index.html |-- design/ |    |-- images.jpg 

I'd like to change the repo to the parent directory so that the repo structure mirrors the original file structure as follows:

site |-- .git/ |-- www/ |    |-- index.html |-- design/ |    |-- images.jpg 

Can this be done? Are there implications with then pushing the changes up to Gitlab?

Answer 1

1. Create a www directory in your repo.
2. git mv the HTML files to that directory. Optionally commit this step.
3. mv the design directory into your repo, and git add .
4. Commit.
5. Rename/move your whole repo.