Git: How to handle git libraries in project

Question

I\'ve a Xcode project which itself has Git Source Control. In a Libraries folder I\'ve cloned eight other Git project from GitHub. They are located inside my own Git re

Answer 1

You can use git submodule and clone repositories like this

Answer 2

Sure do the following:

1. Remove the 3rd-party-folder which you might have added already

2. Open your Terminal and execute the following commands

   cd /path/to/your/main/repo
   git submodule add git@github.com:someuser/somerepo.git somerepo
   git commit -m "Added submodules"
   

3. Now instead of copying those files you'll have a reference to the other repository in your project:

Edit:

Now if you want to update the submodule to a more recent commit you can do the following:

cd somerepo
git pull # You can also checkout a branch / tag etc.
cd ..
git add somerepo
git commit -m "Telling the main repo to update the reference to the referenced repo"