Azure-devops-docs: SubFolder

[chapterjason]

Is there a way to create repositories under sub folders, like before without git?

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• Content: Create a new Git repo
• Content Source: docs/repos/git/creatingrepo.md
• Product: devops
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[steved0x]

@chapterjason Can you give me an example? Do you mean on your local computer? Or you would like to have a file structure in your team project but have the repo start somewhere other than the root of this folder structure?

[chapterjason]

I mean the TFS WebInterface. Project -> Code -> Repository Dropdown here you have the list of repositories, but you can't create any folder, only repositories.

It is really annoying bause git is folder based (I mean the .git folder for local AND the xyz.git folder (with --bare) for server repositories.) and creating a structure of mutiple repositories with different categories etc. is really hard to keep the overview.

[SebastianScherer88]

Bump. The ability to add a hierarchy to the current flat structure of repositories - i.e instead of a project being a list of parallel repos, a parent directory with subdirectories eventually containing repos at the 'leaf' level - would be a massive help in cleaning up/organising larger VSTS projects from the code side of things. I've seen this is a popular request as per your voting/feedback pages - is there any plan to have this implemented soon? It sounds to me like a small change, but maybe there is more to it than that?

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[chapterjason]

Sooo this means, no one cares? :disappointed:

[pmiossec]

@chapterjason If the different repositories in the sub folders are not linked, you'd better create multiple git repositories.

If there is a real link between the sub repositories, you should use git submodules.

But because it add a big burden and are not really easy to use, you must think about it twice about using it.
And perhaps stick to the monorepo strategy.

[mijacobs]

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