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Track git changes in subfolders in VSCode

I have a project that has a root git repository that have multiple subfolders that are also git repositories. My structure is like this:

/Project
/Project/module/libs
/Project/module/src

Every folder has a separate git repository, because libs and src are used from another projects.

In root project I have ignored the others libs and src, but I want them to be tracked from the VSCode (Web Storm does it).

Solution

  • You should try and clone the main project elsewhere, then try and add the Git repos libs and src as submodule (assuming that those repos are already pushed somewhere)

    cd /path/to/Project
git submodule add /url/repo/libs module/libs
git submodule add /url/repo/src module/src

    Then you can open Project in VSCode: it should track as well libs and src.

    VSCode is still developing its Git submodule support, starting with PR 36313.