Multiple Visual studio 2019 projects (one solution) in gitlab

Question

I am bit new to Git/GitLab. We are moving from Visual Source safe(VSS) to GitLab. We have a Visual studio solutions with multiple projects(20 to 25). It was easy to create repository structure in VSS as individual projects.

How does it work with Git/GitLab. Can I create individual repositories in Git/GitLab and then pull them to make a solution. How do Commit, Push work?

I tested with 1 single solution containing 2 projects, but since the projects are in different repositories, I have to toggle the main branch for each commit for respective projects.

How can Git/GitLab support one solution with multiple projects where each project having separate repository.

Thank you for your help
Babu

Answer 1

Don't know if it's possible with GitLab but with GitHub look at submodules.

Working with submodules is not simple, you need to completely understand them and how to use them in Visual Studio. More likely using git command line is easier in the long run than with tools in Visual Studio.

Answer 2

karenpayneoregon , Thank you for the reply.

I am specifically looking for GitLab or in general in Git, how one can work with multiple repositories in Visual studio without using submodules.
The concept of solution->project seems difficult with Git or I am not getting it correct.

Thanks
Babu