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Git repo versions inside another git repository

I am working on developing some small software that works with git repos and I would like to be able to write some tests. To do this, I created a folder test-repo

inside my project, which itself is a git repository. In my tests, I reference this repository to ensure that the commands I run against the repository are in a known state.

My question is, can I version the embedded repo as part of the main repo of the project? Please note that this is not the same problem as submodules. Solution: The nested repo is indeed part of the attached project, not part of the software referenced by the external link.

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I think the problem is that git is detecting its own files .git

and won't let you work with them. If, however, you renamed your test repo .git

to a different one. _git

it will work. Only one thing you need to do is use the GIT_DIR variable or --git-dir

command line argument in tests to specify the folder.



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Even though this is not an "external referenced software product", submodules are still a good approach as they help capture the known state of the repositories.

I'd like to place repo

, and test-repo

in the parent repo " project

":



project
  repo
  rest-repo

Thus, I can record the exact SHA1 like repo

and test-repo

.

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