diff --git a/prepare.sh b/prepare.sh
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+++ b/prepare.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir dir1
+# Move all files and directories except dir1 and prepare.sh
+for item in *; do
+  if [[ "$item" != "dir1" && "$item" != "prepare.sh" ]]; then
+    mv "$item" dir1/
+  fi
+done
+git rm -r pkg specs agent internal go.* Dockerfile LICENSE OWNERS README.md docs hack codecov.yml sonar-project.properties .github/ .golangci.yaml .gitignore
+rm dir1/sonar-project.properties dir1/codecov.yml
+mv dir1/ gitops-engine
+git checkout -b migrate
+git add gitops-engine
+git add prepare.sh
+git commit --signoff -m "prepare repo for migration to ArgoCD repo"