Exclude a subfolder only for Github with .gitignore

Question

I have a project which is pushed to both of Github and Bitbucket repos:

git push github master
git push bitbucket master

Github is public, Bitbucket is private repo.

My problem is I use this repo to develop a side project inside which later will be a completely standalone one, but right now I'm using heavily this project's resources, so that's why I started the new project's rough code here. I want to hide this new project's code in this repo only from Github, because that's a public. Is it possible within .gitignore with some Github specific prefixes?

If it's not possible, than I start a new repo for the new project, but right now it's saves lots of common code for the new one.

Answer 1

For your side project inside which later will be a completely standalone one, you should reference your super project as a dependency.

This means go ahead and create the new repository and push it to private remote. Then you've got at least 3 ways to include your public library:

1. Use a dependency manager like npm, composer, gem, or whatever is best for your language.

2. submodules

3. subtrees