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kibe
kibe

Reputation: 181

How to use Git submodules to share Typescript types across multiple codebases

I have three codebases: web, mobile, and the back-end.

Both the web and mobile codebase will use the same types from the back-end.

The back-end repository is structured as such:

domain/
-- Account.ts
-- Customer.ts
-- Notification.ts
-- Email.ts
-- TextMessage.ts
-- ... etc
...other folders

I need to find a way to get import the types that are inside these files from the mobile and web repositories.

I recently found out about git submodules. It seems to do its job, however, I'd be importing the whole backend to my web and mobile repositories.

Is there a way I can only import the domain folder, instead of the whole backend repository, which is quite heavy?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 609

Answers (1)

DasKrümelmonster
DasKrümelmonster

Reputation: 6060

No, git submodules only work on whole repositories.

Either externalize the interface ts files into a dedicated shared repo or put everything into one big monorepo. (Or include one in the other)

See also this answer. https://stackoverflow.com/a/5303850/1974021

Upvotes: 1

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