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Bug 324832

Summary:	share project: can't create repository if subdirectory contains a repository
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	François Rey <eclipse.org>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Project Inbox <egit.ui-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	robin
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description François Rey

2010-09-09 06:22:33 EDT

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With a project containing files, I wasn't able to create a new repository using the share project wizard. The git dialog disabled the create section and only offered to add the project in a repository contained in a subdirectory deep down in the project, which is the repository of a module used in the project.
I file this as a bug because I don't think it even make sense to share a project using a repository in a subdirectory. However I'm new to git/egit, so...

My suggestion in this case would be to not disable the creation of a new repository in the project root, and not enable the use of a repository in a subdirectory. If a subdirectory contains a repository, we should have the choice later on of adding that subdirectory as a plain directory in the project repository (fake submodule as explained in http://debuggable.com/posts/git-fake-submodules:4b563ee4-f3cc-4061-967e-0e48cbdd56cb) or as a submodule of the project when egit support them.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Robin Stocker

2013-09-27 11:47:39 EDT

Can not reproduce the problem anymore, assuming it was fixed.