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🚀 Managing React and .NET Projects in One Repository

Many developers want to keep a .NET backend and a React frontend inside one repository, while still opening each project separately and keeping their Git activities independent. In this guide, you’ll learn the best way to organize both projects inside the same repo and open each one in its own environment: Visual Studio for .NET and VS Code for React.

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📁 Recommended Folder Structure

The cleanest approach is to keep both projects inside one repository using separate folders:

my-repo/ ├── backend-dotnet/ │ ├── MyApi.sln │ └── ... └── frontend-react/ ├── package.json └── ...

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🧑‍💻 Opening Each Project Separately

✔ Open the React Project in VS Code

In VS Code, go to:
File → Open Folder → select frontend-react

✔ Open the .NET Project in Visual Studio

Simply open the solution file:
backend-dotnet/MyApi.sln

Even though both folders live in one repository, they open completely independently in their own editors.

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🔧 Git Workflow Without Interference

Git will track both folders, but you can commit them separately with no issues.

Commit only React changes:

git add frontend-react
git commit -m "Updated React app"

Commit only .NET changes:

git add backend-dotnet
git commit -m "Updated .NET backend"

Each project stays separate logically, even though the repository is shared.

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🧰 Optional: Fully Separate Git (Using Submodules)

If you want each project to have its own Git repo completely separate, you can use Git submodules.

git submodule add <react-repo-url> frontend-react
git submodule add <dotnet-repo-url> backend-dotnet

This makes both projects fully independent in terms of Git.

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⭐ Final Recommendation

The easiest and most common setup is:

• Use one repo with two folders (monorepo style)
• Open each project separately in its own editor
• Commit changes per folder

This keeps your work clean, simple, and well organized.