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Maintaining git repo inside another git repository

Here is what I would like:

REPO-A /.git /otherFiles /REPO-B /.git /moreFiles

I want all the contents of REPO-A to be deleted on REMOTE-A and only REPO-B on REMOTE-B.

Possible?

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Jan 11 '11 at 15:53
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Looks like you want to use Git submodules .

Git solves this problem using submodules. Submodules allow you to store a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository. This allows you to clone another repository into your project and save your commits separately.

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Jan 11 '11 at 16:05
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I have always used symbolic links to support two separate and different repositories.

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Jan 11 '11 at 16:38
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Yes, you can do exactly what you ask with the file hierarchy you drew. Repo-B will be independent and will not know about Repo-A. Repo-A will track all changes in its own files and Repo-B files.

However, I would not recommend doing this. Every time you change files and commit them to Repo-B, you will have to make transactions in Repo-A. Branching in Repo-B will be messy with Repo-A, and branching in Repo-A will be unstable (problems with deleting folders, etc.). Submodules are definitely the way to go.

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