Git repository with git directory stored elsewhere

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Answer 1

Git interoperates with several other VCSes so this may not be the best way to solve your problem.

However, it is possible: Using git-config you can tell git to use another directory, other than the one containing .git, as the root of the working tree.

If you run git init one directory above the root directory foo of the other project, then you could use:

git config core.worktree ../foo

Where ../foo is the path of the foo project relative to your .git directory.

However, with a relative path, the git tools will only work in the parent directory of foo, not anywhere else in the tree. By using an absolute path you avoid this (but have to remember to change it if you ever move your project).