If you want a repository within a repository, you will need to use
submodules. Without submodules, what you are explaining will always happen
(missing everything from the child repo after cloning the parent).
Read over these if you need some references/an introduction to using
submodules:
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSubmoduleTutorial
http://blog.zarate.tv/2010/10/05/working-with-git-submodules
HTH,
Joe
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:55 PM, siddii sid...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't want to categorize this as bug until I hear expert panel's
opinion. Spare me if its a known issue or if I am doing something
silly :) I did enough research online and couldn't find a good answer.
Here it goes..
Let's say if I have a folder called ParentGITRepo which is a local
GIT repo. I have sub folders called Child1Repo and Child2 with
some files on it. For some reason, whether accidentally or
deliberately, I make Child1Repo a GIT repo on its own. GIT
recognizes ParentGITRepo Child1Repo as separate GIT repositories.
But, if I clone ParentGITRepo into somewhere else, I am missing
everything from Child1Repo. The worse thing is, even if I cleanup
Child1Repo by removing it's .git folder, the parent GIT repo is
ignoring any activity I do in that folder.
I think, the right way to do this setup is probably using git sub
modules or something. But given this scenario, what is the expected
behaviour? Am i missing? It would really make more sense if you can go
thro the following steps (test cases) outlined below.
# Setting up ParentGITRepo Child1Repo and Child2
$ cd ~
$ mkdir ParentGITRepo
$ cd ParentGITRepo/
$ git init .
$ mkdir Child1Repo
$ mkdir Child2
$ cd Child1Repo/
$ git init .
$ echo Child1RepoFile Child1RepoFile.txt
$ git add .
$ git commit -a -m Adding Child1Repo content
[master (root-commit) 01ccc52] Adding Child1Repo content
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Child1RepoFile.txt
$ cd ../Child2/
$ echo Child2 file content Child2File.txt
$ cd ..
$ echo Parentfile ParentFile.txt
$ git add .
$ git commit -a -m Adding Parent content
[master (root-commit) b31d0a5] Adding Parent content
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 16 Child1Repo
create mode 100644 Child2/Child2File.txt
create mode 100644 ParentFile.txt
---
# Now verify ParentGITRepo Child1Repo working independently
$ cd ~/ParentGITRepo/
$ git log
commit b31d0a5aef19c6b119d89718f560905ad0f34aa7
Author: Siddique Hameed siddii+...@gmail.com
Date: Fri Apr 22 11:25:15 2011 -0500
Adding Parent content
$ cd ~/ParentGITRepo/Child1Repo/
$ git log
commit 01ccc52931f8b40f6d92b29769300a254d8dd411
Author: Siddique Hameed siddii+...@gmail.com
Date: Fri Apr 22 11:22:00 2011 -0500
Adding Child1Repo content
# Now try cloning ParentGITRepo verify the contents inside it
$ cd ~
$ git clone ParentGITRepo/ ParentGITRepoClone/
Cloning into ParentGITRepoClone...
done.
$ cd ParentGITRepoClone/
$ ls -a
./ ../ .git/ Child1Repo/ Child2/ ParentFile.txt
$ cd Child1Repo/
$ ls -a
./ ../
$ git log
commit b31d0a5aef19c6b119d89718f560905ad0f34aa7
Author: Siddique Hameed siddii+...@gmail.com
Date: Fri Apr 22 11:25:15 2011 -0500
Adding Parent content
As you can see there is nothing in Child1Repo after its was cloned. I
also tried the reverse of this. Like, having a child folder as GIT
repo and make a ParentFolder a repo on its own clone the parent
folder and the cloned folder doesnt contain anything from child repo.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Thanks,
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