How to create a repo from a folder of an existing repo?

[SMerrony]

I have a repo containing a number of utilities in subdirectories, one of which has grown and now deserves a repo of its own.

Is there any way to extract the folder, and the history of its files, into a new standalone repo?

Thanks.

[georgiemathews]

You can follow the steps detailed here: 

https://help.github.com/articles/splitting-a-subfolder-out-into-a-new-repository/

[SMerrony]

Brilliant, thanks - somehow my searches hadn’t turned that up.