'What is the meaning of folders with an arrow in a Github repository?
Solution 1:[1]
Folders with an arrow can indicate two things on the Github UI:
- a symbolic link
- a git sub-modules
The difference between the two is that if it's a submodule the commit hash of the latest commit is added after the name of the folder.
I am not able to open this repository, why is that?
In your posted example, what you see is a symbolic link and you cannot open in because probably it points to a location that doesn't exist on your computer.
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