How make Git ignore subdirectories which are git repositories?

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I've a git repository folder in which I clone other git repositories. How can the main repo ignore sub-repositories in git add -A command?

Maybe you should consider using git submodules? – Nils Magne Lunde Aug 20 '12 at 06:21 — Nils Magne Lunde, Aug 20 '12 at 06:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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A nested git repo will be "ignored" by default by any git add made in the enclosing repo.
Actually, as explained in "Git repository in a git repository", the parent rpeo would track the nested git repo state through a gitlink.

But you shouldn't need to ignore explicitly anything when doing your git add -A command.

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answered Aug 20 '12 at 06:43

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '12 at 06:45

unstage files

git reset HEAD

and clean index

git rm --cached -r repo1

add repo1 as a submodule, create a file .gitmodules contains below

[submodule "repo1"]
      path = repo1
      url = git://xx.com/repo1.gitt

More about git cache, stage and index

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '12 at 06:21

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use git ignore for the folders where the repository is located

.gitignore file:

bin folderA picture.png

for example

answered Aug 20 '12 at 06:21

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How make Git ignore subdirectories which are git repositories?

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