# Adapting my workflow to use the Projects feature

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adapting-my-workflow-to-use-the-projects-feature/14833>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [27 August 2019 19:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adapting-my-workflow-to-use-the-projects-feature/14833 "2019-08-27T19:39:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![edorgeville](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/edorgeville/32/8588_2.png) [@edorgeville](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edorgeville)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2019 19:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adapting-my-workflow-to-use-the-projects-feature/14833/1 "2019-08-27T19:39:37Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I've been trying out working with _projects_ inside node-red, but I've been hitting the following roadblock ever time I tried.  
Is it possible to use the _Projects_ / _history_ feature using the following workflow?

* * *

### First setup

```auto
mkdir node-red-boilerplate && cd node-red-boilerplate
echo "node_modules/
.config.json*" > .gitignore
npm init
npm install --save node-red@latest
node node_modules/node-red/red.js -u . flow.json

```

Deploy a flow. This creates the file `flows.json`.

```auto
git init
git add -A
git commit

```

### Joining

```auto
git clone <projectRepo> && cd <projectName>
npm install
npm start

```

* * *

The advantages of this workflow are:

- 3 commands onboarding
- node-red is installed locally at a version locked in `package.json`
  - Everything used is inside the `node_modules/` folder
  - Better testing, CI / CD, etc.
  - Multiple versions of node-red can run side-by-side at the same time (useful when you maintain multiple projects)

It looks like the _Projects_ feature wouldn't work this way for the following reasons:

- The `.git` repo is created **inside** of the `./projects/<projectName>` folder instead of the root.
- Trying to delete `./projects/<projectName>/.git/` and running `git init` at root breaks the _history_ tab in the editor.

TL;DR: how can I adapt my workflow to be able to use _Projects_?

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**Author:** ![tomasLipovsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/tomaslipovsky/32/87133_2.png) [@tomasLipovsky](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tomasLipovsky)\
**Post date:** [8 January 2024 19:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adapting-my-workflow-to-use-the-projects-feature/14833/2 "2024-01-08T19:05:19Z")

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Hello edorgeville,  
did you find a solution? I want to achieve a similar thing, maintain several projects in one repository.  
Thanks for the answer  
Tomas

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**Author:** ![edorgeville](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/edorgeville/32/8588_2.png) [@edorgeville](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edorgeville)\
**Post date:** [15 July 2024 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adapting-my-workflow-to-use-the-projects-feature/14833/3 "2024-07-15T15:42:03Z")

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Sorry for the late answer. I haven't worked on node-red projects for the last 3 years, I don't believe I had found a solution.