将子目录复制到同一个 git repo 中的另一个文件夹中

Question

Current local git repo structure

As per the screenshot: I have a local git repo called fso_test, which has subfolders called "part3" and "part4".

Part3 currently contains the root directory of an express app, called "notes-backend".

I'd like to continue working with "notes-backend" in part4, so I need to move it to part4. I've encountered numerous problems in doing so. I've tried crude approaches such as literally copying and pasting "notes-backend" into part4, as well as more sophisticated approaches .

I've excluded much of the directory structure for simplicity.

Any advice?

EDIT: When I tried cp -r notes-backend ../part4 while in part3, and then tried to stage the changes for commit, I received an error saying "warning: adding embedded git repository: course_content/part4/notes-backend".

Answer 1

If you want to copy the directory, run this from the repo root :

cp -r course_content/part3/notes-backend course_content/part4/notes-backend
git add .
git commit -m "Copy notes backend to part4"