Is having the project split over various git repos a good thing? Personally I struggle with it, when I look for a bug, I have to do a few transverse search on

Is having the project split over various git repos a good thing? Personally I struggle with it, when I look for a bug, I have to do a few transverse search on github (and github search is bad), checkout the code. If I actually want to fix it, I have now a new sub-project “find how to compile the mammoth”. Then if I want to send a patch, find the local rulers and their rules, send a PR.