Module and theme in one directory? [closed]

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For my project, I have a custom module, a features module and a custom theme. I want to keep all in a single Git-Repository.

The problem is: modules need to be in sites/all/modules, themes in sites/all/themes.

I know, I could bundle both in a profile. But I am already using a special profile. And as far as I know, there is no way to inherit a profile.

And yes, I know I could use symlinks. But they tend to create issues with path structures.

So is there another, maybe a "Drupal" way to bundle modules and themes in one directory?

How about using Drush Make? drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/18664/… — calebtr, Jan 29, 2015 at 23:40
@kenorb: Well, it's a bit dirty, since you end up having foreign code (incl. changes) in your own repo. But yeah, deployment is easier that way. — Georg Jähnig, Feb 5, 2015 at 14:12
I think you should keep custom module, feature module and custom theme in separate repositories and then use git submodules to place them together in a single git repository, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for. — kenorb, Feb 5, 2015 at 14:22

Georg Jähnig · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 22:39:53Z

Thanks to the suggestion of @kenorb, I have found a good way to solve this:

I init the git repository in drupal/, and I put only the following line into .gitignore:

Then, I add (by force) my custom module and theme folders:

$ git add -f sites/all/modules/custom
$ git add -f sites/all/themes/custom

With this, my repo still contains only my code and no Drupal modules. And this allows me even to track also my .htaccess, with:

$ git add -f .htaccess

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