PHP/Composer Projects with root + package git repositories

[mneuhaus]

Issue

I’m working on a larger PHP/Symfony application where the main project resides in a single Git repository, but I also have additional packages managed by Composer in the vendor/ folder. Each of these packages is its own separate repository. When I run Aider on the main project, it only has knowledge of the code in that top-level repository and doesn’t map or understand these external packages.

I’d like to know if there’s a recommended workflow or best practice for handling multi-repo setups so that Aider can incorporate (or at least reference) these Composer-managed vendor packages. Specifically, I want Aider to be aware of and possibly refactor or suggest changes that involve code in those vendor packages as well.

Questions

Does Aider currently support scanning/updating multiple separate Git repositories in a single project context?
Are there recommended approaches, such as Git submodules or combining repos, to make Aider “see” the vendor packages?
Any best practices, tips, or known approaches for similar Composer-based multi-repo Symfony/PHP projects?
Thank you!

Version and model info

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[paul-gauthier]

Thanks for trying aider and filing this issue. This doc may be helpful:

https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html#can-i-use-aider-with-multiple-git-repos-at-once