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+title = "Cool things I didn't knew: multiple Git repositories in a single directory"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-10-29T22:51:00+01:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+image_dir = "blog/images"
+image_max_width = 600
+Abstract = "How to combine files from multiple repositories in one directory?"
+Listening = "John Coltrane - A Love Supreme"
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+
+I am trying to find a nice way to add sync to my org.
+I can't use any syncthing nor dropbox on my work computer, but I won't ever put google drive on my personal one.
+When asked on Mastodon, people proposed me to use git.
+
+I'm sure you know that `git worktree` allows you to have multiple branches available at the same time.
+But, did you knew that the `.git` folder, although standard, is not mandated?
+In fact, all your git data can live anywhere.
+
+First, you need a standard `.git` folder, so let's
+
+```shell
+git init
+mv .git .git-one
+```
+
+Now, if you `git status`, there won't be no git repository found.
+But we can force git to use our new dir
+
+```shell
+git --git-dir=.git-one status
+```
+
+This tricks allows us to have any number of git repositories co-exist in the same directory.
+Those can share files (just `git add` them), or be completely different.
+
+So, want to have a `work_org` and `private_org` side by side?
+No problem!
+
+Each repository has it own:
+
+-   origin
+-   staging area
+-   history
+
+and so on.
+
+Pretty cool, I might add.