How to add a remote repository to my own git repository

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I have have my own git repository with some subfolders which all belong to my git repository. Now I want to add another subfolder vendor that I cloned from a remote github url.

However, When I try to commit the new folder vendor and its contents,(subfolders, files, etc), git tells me that there are no changes, and I don't know how to add this new subfolder vendor.

Sorry, I was mistaken with my answer. Can you please list all the git commands in sequence (including in which working directory you were) that you used? — user1978011, May 05 '15 at 20:56
Generally, [`vendor/` *should not* be versioned](https://getcomposer.org/doc/faqs/should-i-commit-the-dependencies-in-my-vendor-directory.md). It is usually generated from `composer.json` and `composer.lock`. Do you have a good reason to include `vendor/` in your repository? — ChrisGPT was on strike, May 05 '15 at 21:21

user1978011 · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-05T21:36:25.120

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So your problem is that you have a git repository in which resides another repository. I don't know why, but sometimes git silently ignores subdirectories which are git repositories themselves.

The cleanest way to do proceed is to add the subfolder vendor as a git submodule. You do this by

git submodule add ./vendor

in your parent git repo after having cloned the vendor repo (that's where you are now). Explaining submodules would be out of scope for a simple post. However, you can think of it as a pointer to the remote vendor repository that other people can use to obtain a full working copy of your workdir tree. Please refer to

git help submodule

for details.

edited May 05 '15 at 21:36

answered May 05 '15 at 20:18

user1978011

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Thanks!, i try with git submodule add vendor, but, response error: URL de repo: «vendor» debe ser absoluto o empezar con ./|../ – Hugo Casanova May 05 '15 at 20:31
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Sorry, that was my error. You have to add ./ to vendor (i.e. ./vendor) – user1978011 May 05 '15 at 20:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 06 '15 at 11:21

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Try this one, it might help

git status
git add
git commit
git push

edited May 06 '15 at 11:21

Ilya

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answered May 06 '15 at 10:52

Zahid Khowaja

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How to add a remote repository to my own git repository

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