Git submodule from just a directory of another repository

Question

Is it possible to create a submodule that does not link to a repository directly, but to a directory inside it?

For example, let fw.git be a framework repository, with these dirs:

|fw.git
\---|test
    |code
    |tools

I'd like to submodule the framework code, just the code directory, not other directories.

This appears to be a duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1121227/git-submodule-to-a-subfolder — Aidan Steele, Oct 10 '10 at 10:35

Mikulas Dite · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-03T14:08:39.877

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No, it's not possible. Linus intentionally made git not work like that.

edited Feb 03 '13 at 14:08

answered Dec 08 '10 at 14:42

Mikulas Dite

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