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How to use Git in a monorepo with multiple dev containers for subfolders? #686

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I have a monorepo structured like this:

main-repo/
  .git
  .devcontainer/
    sub_folder_devA/
    sub_folder_devB/
  sub_folder_devA/   # has its own Docker setup
  sub_folder_devB/   # has its own Docker setup
  sub_folder_devC/   # shared utility code

Each dev container is set up for a specific subfolder (e.g., sub_folder_devA or sub_folder_devB), but both also mount sub_folder_devC as a dependency:
/sub_folder_devA/sub_folder_devC
/sub_folder_devB/sub_folder_devC

I want to use Git inside each dev container, but have it work with the monorepo’s .git directory, so I can see and commit changes for the relevant subfolder.
Despite trying various workspaceMount and workspaceFolder settings, I can’t get Git to work as expected in the dev containers.

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