Also see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190916-00/?p=102892
# create new branch, rename the file, commit
git checkout -b split1
git mv original_file.txt part1_file.txt
git commit -m "rename original_file"
Also see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190916-00/?p=102892
# create new branch, rename the file, commit
git checkout -b split1
git mv original_file.txt part1_file.txt
git commit -m "rename original_file"