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Simplify Git Workflows Across Multiple Repositories with Git Submodules and Meta-Repositories

Deep Dive GitHub · Jan 10, 2025 · 6 min read
Six repositories, one system, too many clone commands # On a typical microservices project I have five or six repositories open at once: a couple of APIs, a frontend, shared infrastructure scripts, sometimes a docs repo. Onboarding a new developer meant a wiki page full of clone commands, and “which commit of the API works with this frontend?” was answered by asking whoever was online.
Simplify Git Workflows Across Multiple Repositories with Git Submodules and Meta-Repositories