# git: Support git repos with \.git folder above project root \(\#11550\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: db89353193ba5740761d6ca6ca14138ed5d0edf0

Requested commit: db89353193ba5740761d6ca6ca14138ed5d0edf0

Commit: db89353193ba5740761d6ca6ca14138ed5d0edf0

Tree: b4f9cf76581d9338f2a427b09e979889e1f354df

Author: Thorsten Ball

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
git: Support git repos with .git folder above project root (#11550)

TODOs:

- [x] Add assertions to the test to ensure that the git status is
propagated
- [x] Get collaboration working
- [x] Test opening a git repository inside another git repository
- [x] Test opening the sub-folder of a repository that itself contains
another git repository in a subfolder

Fixes:
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/10154
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8418
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8275
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/7816
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/6762
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4419
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4672
- Fixes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/5161

Release Notes:

- Added support for opening subfolders of git repositories and treating
them as part of a repository (show git status in project panel, show git
diff in gutter, git blame works, ...)
([#4672](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4672)).

Demo video:


https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/assets/1185253/afc1cdc3-372c-404e-99ea-15708589251c
```

## Parents

- [9f0a20241b9c19df7a037ba31f1d5cb800378db9](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/9f0a20241b9c19df7a037ba31f1d5cb800378db9?format=markdown)

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