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I have to subprojects in my gitlab repository, client and server, but I can't open the server directory, what does the symbol in the screenshot mean? I suppose it means it is a seperate git repository, but I checked the server directory and there was no .git directory in it.

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This folder is a git submodule. If you have committed and pushed the .gitmodules file, it should point to the specified repository in this file, for instance : 

[submodule "server"]
    path = server
    url = git@github.com:username/somerepo.git

Note that if when you click on the folder and it doesn't redirect to the remote repository, it could mean :

  • the external repo hasn't been added as a submodule (git submodule) but has been cloned into your repo (git clone)
  • you haven't committed/pushed the .gitmodules file but you did push the submodule
  • you have deleted the submodule locally but you didn't remove it from your remote so the it's still present on Gitlab

If you want to remove this submodule check this post

Bertrand Martel
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  • I remember, server was a seperate project once and then i moved it into the main project, i think i might have commited servers .git folder, but then deleted the servers .git folder. The only .git related folder i still have is /.git (I never used submodules explicitly) can I do some sort of "cleanup" to remove the information from the /.git folder? –  Jun 20 '17 at 22:03
  • Ok i just moved the server directory to server2, commited and then moved server2 to server, so I think there was just some old information hanging around some were. –  Jun 20 '17 at 22:07
  • I see, you're right that cloned repositories don't redirect to the repo when you click on it in the Gitlab web interface – Bertrand Martel Jun 20 '17 at 22:36