Adding a private github repository inside another one

Question

I have a private GitHub repository as follows

X
├── .git
└── (project files)

I am trying to add a private GitHub repository (project Y) into project X.

X
├── .git
├── (project files)
└── Y
    ├── .git
    └── (project files)

How can I add project Y to my current project X?

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '21 at 20:56

You can't have "two projects in one". But you can have two separate projects where the project at the top level folder will ignore a sub-folder. That folder will be the top level folder for the other project.

In project X, create a gitignore file with an entry to ignore folder Y.

Y/

Project X, ignoring project Y.

X
├── .git
├── (project files)
├── .gitignore
└── Y
    ├── .git
    └── (project files)

Adding a private github repository inside another one

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