Git ignore .git folder

Question

I have a php project that uses composer for package management. One of the packages is another project belonging to the same repo. I have a need to commit my entire vendor folder, but I want to ignore the .git folder in the sub-project so that it doesn't get treated like a submodule.

So far I have had no success. Things I've already tried:

vendor/.git

vendor/**/.git/

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Here's what the sub-project folder looks like in GitLab. Instead of the files, it's just some kind of reference.

Answer 1

It looks like git automatically ignores .git folders in subfolders of root repository.

(master)[/tmp]  
$ mkdir test_root
(master)[/tmp]  
$ git init test_root
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test_root/.git/
(master)[/tmp]  
$ cd test
test/      test_root/ 
(master)[/tmp]  
$ cd test_root/
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ ls
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git init test_child
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test_root/test_child/.git/
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ touch test_root_file
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ cd test_child/
(master)[/tmp/test_root/test_child]  (master) 
$ ls
(master)[/tmp/test_root/test_child]  (master) 
$ touch test_child_file
(master)[/tmp/test_root/test_child]  (master) 
$ cd ..
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    test_child/
    test_root_file

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git add test_child/test_child_file 
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)

    new file:   test_child/test_child_file

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    test_root_file

(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ cd test_child/
(master)[/tmp/test_root/test_child]  (master) 
$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    test_child_file

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
(master)[/tmp/test_root/test_child]  (master) 
$ git --version
git version 1.9.1
$ git add test_root_file 
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)

    new file:   test_child/test_child_file
    new file:   test_root_file

(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git commit -m'1 commit'
[master (root-commit) 4d4b695] 1 commit
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test_child/test_child_file
 create mode 100644 test_root_file
(master)[/tmp/test_root]  (master) 
$ git show
commit 4d4b69589bf4f471c3c784f95f447d2a40ee6d7d
Author: Evgenii Shchemelev
Date:   Wed Jan 6 09:20:03 2016 +0200

    1 commit

diff --git a/test_child/test_child_file b/test_child/test_child_file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test_root_file b/test_root_file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29