Adding git submodule into the root of the repository?

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I want to keep my Vim plugins up-to-date with git by using github repos as submodules with the help of pathogen. Everything is well except pathogen itself.

For example, I have a repository in ~/.vim, at pathogen's repo has autoload directory in its root: <pathogen repo>/autoload.

Is it possible to make a git submodule so that pathogen's autoload goes into ~/.vim?

~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim

tlvince · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15 17:25:40Z

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Clone the submodule into a subdirectory and symlink it's contents.

For pathogen, I also explicitly blacklisted itself (in the bundle directory) to prevent it from self-sourcing.

edited Dec 15, 2011 at 17:25

answered Apr 2, 2011 at 4:53

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Alex B Over a year ago

This is what I ended up doing, except pathogen is outside bundle directory. This doesn't work on Windows (which I don't use, anyway), so I was waiting for a somewhat portable answer to appear.

mattalxndr Over a year ago

I believe you can create a symbolic link in Windows: howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/…

Artusamak · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-08 13:08:34Z

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You can't have a submodule at the root of your repository because both .git folder would conflicts.

You must create your submodule in a subfolder.

answered Mar 8, 2011 at 13:08

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