I have git repo in folder final_app and I have to add new folder app_part which is already git project. When I copied and try git add . or git add --all but it doesn't want to add app_part. How to add files from app_part folder to git repo final_app ?
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You need to not copy it and add that git repo as a submodule:
cd final_app
git submodule add /url/of/repo/app_part/
git add .
git commit -m "Add app_part as submodule"
If you copy it directly, it is just a nested repo which will be ignored by the parent repo.
Adding it as a submodule means adding a gitlink, a special entry in your final_app index, referencing a SHA1 of the app_part repo.
