Multiple git repositories in a path

Question

I got a project ("myproject"), managed with git. Inside the project there is another project ("a_node_module"), managed with git, too.

myproject
├── .git
├── .gitignore
└── node_modules
    └── a_node_module
        └── .git

The .gitignore file contains:

node_modules

Is this okay or can this cause conflicts? (confusing IDE's, for example).

The reason why I want to do it this way is: it saves a lot of time, while the node module is required in the main project, so I can work on both projects together, and don't need to synchronize the sub project all the time.

Did you try? If yes, did you encounter some problems? – arainone Jan 07 '16 at 01:08 — arainone, Jan 07 '16 at 01:08
I'll try it soon - a "yes" and a "no" is like no answer – Artisan72 Jan 07 '16 at 01:12 — Artisan72, Jan 07 '16 at 01:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 22:08

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As long as the inner repository is either:

a git submodule
added in the '.gitignore' of the outer repository

You should not have problems

answered Jan 06 '16 at 22:08

arainone

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '16 at 01:33

I've been testing it by myself.

git itself does not have any problems with it.

With the IDE (PHPStorm) I can open files of both projects, but features like

adding new files to git
highlighting code changes
diff
etc.

are only available for the files of the main project.

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 22:05

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Git cannot contain inner project unless its glink or submodule.

It can cause errors.

Add you subproject as submodule to avoid such a collision.

answered Jan 06 '16 at 22:05

CodeWizard

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Multiple git repositories in a path

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