"git pull <remote> master" into a sub-directory

Background:

I'm trying to move a package from an SVN repo to a GIT repo, while preserving it's history.

Steps:

• I've used git-svn to generate a GIT repository for the SVN one.
• I'm following the steps mentioned here to move the code from one GIT repository to the other, while preserving history.

I'd like to move that package into it's own sub-directory in the destination git repository. However, I'm stuck at this step: git pull <remote> master --allow-unrelated-histories

This pulls the code into the top level git directory. How do I pull that code into a sub-directory instead?

I've tried the following based on some SO answers, but that didn't work:

• git pull -work-tree <working_dir> -git-dir <working_dir> <remote> master
• git pull -s subtree -Xsubtree=<path_prefix> <remote> master

Clean up step:

The package will be maintained in the destination GIT repo, so I intend to:

• delete it from the SVN repo.
• And, also delete the intermediate GIT repo which will not be required once the package has been moved.

If you wanted to import that SVN history into its own subfolder, you would need to import it into its own separate git repo.

Then you can

• add that git repo as a submodule of the main Git repo: that would create a subfolder.
• Or, a better fit would be a subtree merging: see here.