I've a Xcode project which itself has Git Source Control. In a Libraries folder I've cloned eight other Git project from GitHub. They are located inside my own Git repository and I've added all these libraries to my git in a commit.
Instead of having the code of all these git libraries in my repository, is there a way to let git download their code from their repo when I make a clone of my repo? Or is it normal to include other git repos inside a project?
Sure do the following:
Open your Terminal and execute the following commands
cd /path/to/your/main/repo
git submodule add [email protected]:someuser/somerepo.git somerepo
git commit -m "Added submodules"
Now instead of copying those files you'll have a reference to the other repository in your project:
Edit:
Now if you want to update the submodule to a more recent commit you can do the following:
cd somerepo
git pull # You can also checkout a branch / tag etc.
cd ..
git add somerepo
git commit -m "Telling the main repo to update the reference to the referenced repo"
git submodule add https://github.com/AlanQuatermain/AQGridView.git Libraries/AQGridView instead of [email protected]:...?git pull?
somerepo however, you have to tell your main repository to update the reference too. See my updated post. BTW: I find submodules quite handy since you don't have to duplicate code from repositories, that are already accessible for you via git.
You can use git submodule and clone repositories like this
