git subtree tutorial and demo!

How to get going with git subtrees! The video is ~15 minutes, but if you are proficient in git you can watch at 1.5x speed.
I've not seen all of this demonstrated in any other video including
1) adding a subtree
2) pushing and pulling from both sides
3) switching the branch of a subtree in the parent repo
There are some decent articles but several have typos and thus the commands don't actually work.
Video notes and reference links are here: artemis.atlassian.net/wiki/di...

[@michaelbaumer1325]

Very well explained - still helpful in 2024. Thanks!

[@hamsterbrigade]

You probably just saved me some serious time. Thank you.

[@benna100]

Awesome thanks, just what i needed. Well explained

[@alexandermakhorin5533]

Thank you so much. Still usefull in 2022

[@denisskaibagarovs4534]

Thank you very much for this gem!

[@matheuspatury]

Thanks! Very informative

[@chrismcclure4264]

Thank you for making a video like. Makes it super easy to understand. Huzzah

[@artemissoftwarenet]

Glad you liked it!

[@PrakashPatelOnly]

Thanks for this details explanation of subtree video. I have question about changing to new branch of subtree. Once i delete existing subtree folder from main repo and commit it. Do i need to push that commit to main repo or subtree repo?

[@acsllinas]

Thanks a lot

[@georgeshoemaker6872]

Anyone have this problem? When I push my subtree changes in the parent repo, the history of the parent repo gets added to the subtree's repo

[@siddharthchopra6438]

Hello @artemissoftwarenet Thanks for this video but i want to ask you that will it be possible to use this subtree feature without using terminal as many developers are ui addicted.

[@Mckorkprop]

Cool video. Dos sourcetree not really support subtree? I have tried, but it does not seem to work properly.

[@icantchosemyname]

Thanks a lot for this video, but there are some mistakes, i tested the commands and i noticed that git remote add doesn't have "--squash" option. Thanks

[@bpatters7]

Thanks for checking it out. You're right that in the text there is an extra --squash on the git remote line. Looks like I did a copy/paste and overlooked removing that. However the commands all typed into the command line in the demo are accurate for the version of git I was working with I believe.

[@acsllinas]

What about if you only want to add a directory of your child repository ?

[@bpatters7]

Hi! I think you might want to look at git submodules (which seemed a little less intuitive to me personally). I don't actually know the answer but stackoverflow seems to? Hope that and the link below help!
stackoverflow.com/questions/11834386/cloning-only-a-subdirectory-with-git

[@linkylink]

git clone

[@frederickjohnh]

The way shown in this video may not be what you want. If you do not want the subtrees logs polluting your main project's log then you might try using: git subtree add --squash --prefix=myShared remoteRepoWithSharedCode.git master See community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/How-can-one-eliminate-subtree-commit-history-due-to-a-remote/qaq-p/76357 for more information on the difference.