is git submodules what I need?
I have two repositories for two websites, but those two websites share the same framework.
I wanted to make a dedicated repository for the framework itself but I'm not sure how would that work.
What I currently do is that I develop the framework within website1 and then copy it to website2 each time I add new features. As you can see it's not very effective...
I would like a separate repository for the framework, but I still need it to be within one of the two websites so I can keep working on it. The most important part is that I need to be able to deploy it to the other website in a simple way
What is the best solution for me? How can this be achieved?
PS: I'm using SourceTree with Bitbucket quit intensively for the past months so I'm fairly familiar with git, but I have never used the command line.
As long as your framework is limited to a subdirectory of your website, then yes, you can consider your framework a submodule of your website repo, which acts as a "parent" repo.
SourceTree supports submodules (since 1.3), and if your framework is managed in its own repo, you can add it to your website repo.
See "Using submodules and subrepositories"
