From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1181F4C0 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730227AbfJ2M0f (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:26:35 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-f196.google.com ([209.85.214.196]:36520 "EHLO mail-pl1-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727102AbfJ2M0f (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:26:35 -0400 Received: by mail-pl1-f196.google.com with SMTP id g9so6923424plp.3 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:26:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=eB81Bvt9oaE78DN4xFIxH5iFNm8lJ/SyN/LYmZAGgLE=; b=AjWWL18vxA+F7UDbgP73aLMknJHe/XJcNRnIGNCzAzLiDQXbBXwEV/bjtGm5jE1GWJ 4KR46PJZapsdZ3larW85lSC1pwuPSIHpt2tNsaK9yTWJQF7b0tjVqwP2xcPLNExjs3fV cSmnAIige/41FQouMS/g50rFYqqBJt4FeHx6D7xmCN20uNirtMMT7zFLWPVT1/61c5yD Rrek2dwnErgYRcrzFf4rKphnSS550Mba7eqm+MLLede21dprwB5sUAm/Sk7dZLOqEsJ2 RrMXtfhX7FBc8s2phT72BYbs2CP5EZF1GWArA4yS0nmN3NoVfuvd9JxGqqkJW1cmz0rS Dvuw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=eB81Bvt9oaE78DN4xFIxH5iFNm8lJ/SyN/LYmZAGgLE=; b=t67qvrB829Wd5NoRxbdvd8QrW4CByTNSn7gv1iNWwCC4j5d7WU99hdCkCrn6d78pYe eXHin2dRuhpbbUa/f3dAu/FOPoXO9k9iFr9m/e938np0ufntZupiINQYODXZYErTiTSk LMEt1SAGBxOIPBfX/P9NuxzRbyaq+VHqZYdg6kd+Rtv7QWgjyL7HPKhRqGCmGW6T40SC 8+N1ddW2NnP6P2hB8LkZr4metaWvyRUrPzrOH9ZWOkKmqBgdr6sqESIu7OzfO7VDhipI NcVS+2iTXq5sNPlmZ2viXEujMrw1ksBrFiOCRbYktsWVwuOiRogmTBtwB3eQ5FjZjg/d WtCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXXOQ9lybt+v2S3jFBxZCtNYRwmwCw5bBvU+Rw3cOXuvE1S9RTO BULYdOUsDD3jxOJE39m8T0lLdPbN1IuOGiEwGViN8dIx X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyPTKg68tfbwc8JwSf1uOB2rMsbxyc7Ds2DO8GxPU7/W+9w33icGfGwK8AjlkCYkXP4zRBymkb8gCq3Si+zMdY= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8d8a:: with SMTP id v10mr3874136plo.32.1572351994004; Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:26:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Arkadij Chistyj Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:26:23 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Question - .git subdirectories To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello. I'm not sure it's correctly to write to this email address. Sorry if it doesn't. Copy of my home directory stores on external disk under git control. I have devel/ directory that contains some of my old projects with git repositories. But main git repository in root of disk is not tracking and storing their contents. I don't want to use submodules or crutches such as renaming all .git/ in subdirectories. I just want that git treats my .git/ subdirs as plain dirs with any other names. It was already described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2317652/nested-git-repositories-without-submodules. It's very simple functionality but I can't find any simple and right solution. I just want to know is this possible or not? If not possible, then why? Thank you in advance.