How to make/transform existing directory into git submodule?

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So I'm having this project where some parts have been developed in the main repo but can be moved to an independently developed sub-module :

./                       ← repo root
├── client-angular/
│   └── whatever/
├── resources/
│   └── script/          ← wanna be sub-module
└── server-codeigniter/

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How can I make the script/ directory into a git submodule with minimal effort ? It is currently tracked by the main repo.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359424/detach-subdirectory-into-separate-git-repository — Gary Fixler, Mar 04 '14 at 14:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 19:59

Once you have extracted the sub-folder in its own repo (as explained in "Detach (move) subdirectory into separate Git repository"), you will still have to:

push that new repo on a remote server (GitHub for instance)
git rm -r resources/script

and add the remote new repo as a submodule

git submodule add /url/new/repo resources/scripts

How to make/transform existing directory into git submodule?

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