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Ted Nyberg
Ted Nyberg

Reputation: 7391

Git picks up changes to files in repository parent folder

I have a project structure like the following:

/MyWebsite
../SomeFolder
../SomeOtherFolder
  ../MyRepo
    _.git

The MyWebsite folder isn't a Git repo. Only the MyRepo folder is a local repository (i.e. with a .git folder in it).

However, if I check changed files while inside the MyRepo folder, Git also lists files from the MyWebsite folder (and the other folders within it).

This is really peculiar, I think?

I've looked at similar questions such as Git status picking up parent folder's files, but they don't answer this question - in this case the .git folder is in the right place.

EDIT: My mistake. Everything works as expected. The MyRepo folder accidentally contained a copy of some files from MyWebsite, which threw me off. :/

Upvotes: 0

Views: 119

Answers (1)

Jakehao
Jakehao

Reputation: 1019

I can not reproduce your problem by constructing a similar folder hierarchy and use git status. Why does your .git folder has a dash before it? Is it a typo? Or is it possible there is another git repo in other folder besides MyRepo?

Upvotes: 1

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