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I'm looking for a way to use git to pull both core and modules. Let's say for example that I clone Drupal core from the Drupal git, and commit to my own git repo; then, I pull a bunch of modules, and also commit to my own git repo.

Is this even possible? Can I have sub folders within a repository that are checked out from a different repository? Can I still use Drupal to keep my code up to date? Perhaps I'm not really understand some git fundamentals.

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  • The question is not specific for Drupal, as it applies to every case files are pulled from different repositories.
    – avpaderno ♦
    Commented Aug 29, 2011 at 4:59
  • This is not really the best way to do it, you can better use a combination of make files, Features and install profiles. This approach has the advantage that only your own modules/themes are kept in your repo, all others are coming from drupal.org.
    – Attiks
    Commented Aug 29, 2011 at 7:51

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You can done it easily with Git with the submodules. Every subfolder from yours sites/all/modules (for example) can be a submodule that clone the repo from drupal.org.

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  • This seems pretty ideal, I really was not aware of sub modules. I'm using phpstorm as my IDE, which I love, unfortunately it does not support submodules yet ...
    – user379468
    Commented Aug 29, 2011 at 14:12
  • How do you deal with custom code, where do you check them out without having to create a separate submodule/git repo for each one?
    – amateur barista
    Commented Aug 14, 2012 at 22:11

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