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Any #Git needs out there? I need your help please...

So, let’s say I have a repo that contains a folder called “example”. There are many other files and folders in this repo too.

Is it possible for me to run a git push command that ONLY pushes the contents of example to the root of the remote git repo?

So after I push /example/test.txt to my remote repo, it would be test.txt world be in the root of the repo, not /example.
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Sean Tilley
Sean Tilley  
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so, wait, are you just trying to push all of the content living locally inside of said folders to the repo root? (in other words, directory structure lives on your local machine, but not in the repo?)

So Folder1/Example1.txt and Folder2/Example2.txt show up at the root as Example 1 and Example 2, no directories?

It almost sounds like you're trying to use git as a non-hierarchial file sync.
Sean Tilley
Sean Tilley  
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if the answer is yes...one way to do this might be to do a git init inside of each directory, with each one pointing to the repo.

Just don't ever git pull, or that directory would get all the repo's content dumped in. But if you're only pushing, I don't see why it wouldn't get the desired result.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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The best way to do this is with git sub-modules, so that a repo can contain other repos. See https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules

But it is finicky and introduces complexity. The best course may be to change the workflow if possible.
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