Git - one super repo with many sub repos (mostly foreign)

Question

I would like following setup:

• Having one main projectsfolder
• in this projects folder I have many other folders (including foreign git repositories)

Usecase

Sync the whole projects folder to a local git repo (my usb stick) to be able to keep my whole personal project structure in sync between two computers. But all foreign git repos should stay and keep working.

I'm using TortoiseGIT, is there any possibility to do what I want? Having a personal super git repo that contains many individual sub repos?

Answer 1

Having a personal super git repo that contains many individual sub repos?

This is mainly what git submodules are for.
Your main project will record:

• the url of the foreign subrepos
• their SHA1 used for each subrepo root subfolder (those are gitlinks, special entries in the index of the main repo)