[GTALUG] Git question

[Myles Braithwaite]

William Muriithi wrote:
> Afternoon 
> 
> I have a git repo called configurations. I want to add the directory /etc/ansible to the repo.
> 
> Problem is when I clone the repo, I am not able to commit the ansible directory as the ansible root directory is outside the repo?
> 
> Is there a way of getting the ansible directory into git without using a symlink? 

No. The work tree has to existing in the same root directory and cannot
be outside the repository.

The only two way you could do it is with a symlink or making
/etc/ansible a git repo. etckeeper[1] might be checking out as while.

[1]: <https://joeyh.name/code/etckeeper/>