How do I stop Git from automatically adding embedded repositories?
We have a large repository that needs to have two repositories nested inside it, like this:
Root
+- .git
+- Child1
+- .git
+- Child2
+- .git
We've recently run into a problem where running git add . causes Git to add both these repositories as embedded repositories. We don't want this. I want Git to ignore them. Is there a Git config setting I can set to disable this behavior?
We can add the child directory names to the .gitignore file:
Child1
Child2
But that will cause all directories/files named Child1 and Child2 in the whole repository to be ignored. We tried
Child1/**
Child2/**
but Git still embeds the repositories with git add.
git
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
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We have a large repository that needs to have two repositories nested inside it, like this:
Root
+- .git
+- Child1
+- .git
+- Child2
+- .git
We've recently run into a problem where running git add . causes Git to add both these repositories as embedded repositories. We don't want this. I want Git to ignore them. Is there a Git config setting I can set to disable this behavior?
We can add the child directory names to the .gitignore file:
Child1
Child2
But that will cause all directories/files named Child1 and Child2 in the whole repository to be ignored. We tried
Child1/**
Child2/**
but Git still embeds the repositories with git add.
git
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
There is no.gitconfigfile (well, there is a$HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier$XDG_HOMEthing, but that's in$HOMEor$XDG_HOME). Did you mean.gitignore?
– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17
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We have a large repository that needs to have two repositories nested inside it, like this:
Root
+- .git
+- Child1
+- .git
+- Child2
+- .git
We've recently run into a problem where running git add . causes Git to add both these repositories as embedded repositories. We don't want this. I want Git to ignore them. Is there a Git config setting I can set to disable this behavior?
We can add the child directory names to the .gitignore file:
Child1
Child2
But that will cause all directories/files named Child1 and Child2 in the whole repository to be ignored. We tried
Child1/**
Child2/**
but Git still embeds the repositories with git add.
git
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
We have a large repository that needs to have two repositories nested inside it, like this:
Root
+- .git
+- Child1
+- .git
+- Child2
+- .git
We've recently run into a problem where running git add . causes Git to add both these repositories as embedded repositories. We don't want this. I want Git to ignore them. Is there a Git config setting I can set to disable this behavior?
We can add the child directory names to the .gitignore file:
Child1
Child2
But that will cause all directories/files named Child1 and Child2 in the whole repository to be ignored. We tried
Child1/**
Child2/**
but Git still embeds the repositories with git add.
git
git
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
edited Nov 27 '18 at 13:33
Aaron Jensen
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:18
Aaron JensenAaron Jensen
14.5k96075
14.5k96075
There is no.gitconfigfile (well, there is a$HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier$XDG_HOMEthing, but that's in$HOMEor$XDG_HOME). Did you mean.gitignore?
– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17
add a comment |
There is no.gitconfigfile (well, there is a$HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier$XDG_HOMEthing, but that's in$HOMEor$XDG_HOME). Did you mean.gitignore?
– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17
There is no
.gitconfig file (well, there is a $HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier $XDG_HOME thing, but that's in $HOME or $XDG_HOME). Did you mean .gitignore?– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17
There is no
.gitconfig file (well, there is a $HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier $XDG_HOME thing, but that's in $HOME or $XDG_HOME). Did you mean .gitignore?– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17
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From the gitignore man pages:
· A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
"/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
So, change your .gitignore file to contain /Child1 and /Child2, and you should have what you asked for.
However, another solution might be to actually make the two child repositories into real git submodules. That will have the added bonus of automatically getting those submodules into each synced "main" repo, and stricter version control (each commit in the main repo will have a well-specified submodule state). Depending on your exact situation, this may or may not be a good/convenient idea.
answered Nov 26 '18 at 21:41
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From the gitignore man pages:
· A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
"/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
So, change your .gitignore file to contain /Child1 and /Child2, and you should have what you asked for.
However, another solution might be to actually make the two child repositories into real git submodules. That will have the added bonus of automatically getting those submodules into each synced "main" repo, and stricter version control (each commit in the main repo will have a well-specified submodule state). Depending on your exact situation, this may or may not be a good/convenient idea.
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From the gitignore man pages:
· A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
"/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
So, change your .gitignore file to contain /Child1 and /Child2, and you should have what you asked for.
However, another solution might be to actually make the two child repositories into real git submodules. That will have the added bonus of automatically getting those submodules into each synced "main" repo, and stricter version control (each commit in the main repo will have a well-specified submodule state). Depending on your exact situation, this may or may not be a good/convenient idea.
answered Nov 26 '18 at 21:41
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From the gitignore man pages:
· A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
"/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
So, change your .gitignore file to contain /Child1 and /Child2, and you should have what you asked for.
However, another solution might be to actually make the two child repositories into real git submodules. That will have the added bonus of automatically getting those submodules into each synced "main" repo, and stricter version control (each commit in the main repo will have a well-specified submodule state). Depending on your exact situation, this may or may not be a good/convenient idea.
answered Nov 26 '18 at 21:41
Snild DolkowSnild Dolkow
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From the gitignore man pages:
· A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
"/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
So, change your .gitignore file to contain /Child1 and /Child2, and you should have what you asked for.
However, another solution might be to actually make the two child repositories into real git submodules. That will have the added bonus of automatically getting those submodules into each synced "main" repo, and stricter version control (each commit in the main repo will have a well-specified submodule state). Depending on your exact situation, this may or may not be a good/convenient idea.
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There is no
.gitconfigfile (well, there is a$HOME/.gitconfig, unless you are using the fancier$XDG_HOMEthing, but that's in$HOMEor$XDG_HOME). Did you mean.gitignore?– torek
Nov 26 '18 at 22:17