Git — Repo inside your repo?

Introduced git-submodule

If you came across adding your sub-directory as an individual repo, you might be interested on using git-submodule commands.

There’s three ways I will cover in this articles:

1. Using GitKraken Ways
2. Command-line Savvy
3. Manual *Advanced, to understand what each commands does

1. GitKraken

2. Command-line Savvy

• https://chrisjean.com/git-submodules-adding-using-removing-and-updating/
• http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/03/git-submodules-workflows-tips/
• https://github.com/blog/2104-working-with-submodules
• https://gist.github.com/gitaarik/8735255
• add submodule from existing directory https://stackoverflow.com/a/36389987/3763032

3. Manual

• Edit your main repo .git/config
• Edit / create your main.gitmodules files
• Edit / create your sub-repo .git/config

Troubleshooting

Update your submodule from fresh clone

Easy way to pull latest of all git submodules

Git Submodules: Adding, Using, Removing, Updating

Happy, coding guys!!!