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Symlinking a folder from a git submodule for use in a project
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#Symlink a folder from a git submodule for use in a project

I recently came across a need to try this out on a project i was working on. So here's how to do it, incase anyone else finds themselves in the same situation.

##Set up your submodule in a seperate directory.

Run this command from your project root.

git submodule add http://example.com/repo.git ./submodules/repo

##Create a symlink to the subfolder in the place you want: ln -s ./submodules/repo/subdirectory ./wherever/symlinked_directory

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2LeoCode commented Jun 8, 2021

When You update the submodule the symlink gets destroyed

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xparq commented May 27, 2023 •
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@2LeoCode, does it? Not just when ./submodules/repo/subdirectory itself gets wiped out by an update?

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