I created a repository using Visual Studio and Git and made a remote repository for it. The way it’s structured is the repository (the root), three directories that are for a project each within the entire repository, meaning that each of those projects have their own source files respectively. One caveat is that I only added the directories and the source code, meaning that there’s no Visual Studio solutions and project files in the remote repository:

hierarchy_repo/ ├── First_Project/ │  └── main1.cpp ├── Second_Project/ │  └── main2.cpp └── Third_Project/ └── main3.cpp

How can I clone this so that I’m able to set up the solution and project (.vcxproj) and work with Visual Studio (Community Edition)?

Things to note is that Visual Studio will create a subfolder for solutions and projects .vcxproj

I want to replicate this structure as it was from the workspace in Visual Studio from my previous computer where the repo was pushed from:

hierarchy_repo/ ├── .git/ ├── First_Project/ │ ├── First_Project.vcxproj │  └── main1.cpp ├── Second_Project/ │ ├── Second_Project.vcxproj │  └── main2.cpp ├── Third_Project/ │ ├── Third_Project.vcxproj │  └── main3.cpp └── hierarchy_repo.sln

I tried cloning the repository through Visual Studio’s cloning feature, then creating a solution by clicking “File” > “New” > “Project” > “Empty Project” and setting the path inside the cloned repo but things get messy because Visual Studio tends to create a subfolder for solutions and project files. Within this approach, I’ve also tried to move the solution manually through File Explorer but it doesn’t update the paths of projects.

One thing I haven’t got to explore is manually changing the solution file using a text editor like Notepad++ but where would that get me if Visual Studio will keep creating subfolders for new project files?