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alberto
alberto

Reputation: 2645

Git subdirectories replicated in many repositories

For my thesis, I have a Git repository repo_0 which contains a number of subdirectories. Something like:

thesis/
    .git/
    data/
    experiments/
    papers/
    algorithm_1/
    algorithm_2/

I'm the only person with access to the repository. However, I would like to share algorithm_1 and algorithm2 with more people so that they can eventually contribute.

How can I link algorithm_1/ and algorithm_2/ to their own repositories repo_1 and repo_2 while keeping them also in repo_0?

A naive solution would be to get the algorithms out of repo0 and maintain three repositories, but I'm looking for a lazier solution where:

What would do suggest as the closest solution?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 37

Answers (2)

g19fanatic
g19fanatic

Reputation: 10931

This is a prime example where submodules are great. You treat each repository as their own repo (maintain three repos) but have essentially "soft links" to a specific commit in your repo_0 to your other repos. This works as if the submodules are remote repositories but you keep the local copy with your repo_0.

Check out this great tutorial on this topic.

Upvotes: 1

Jepessen
Jepessen

Reputation: 12415

What you need is a submodule.

http://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule

Upvotes: 1

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