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Re: gdb.git mirror is broken
Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
> Jim> Since some directories are shared between projects, one way would
> Jim> be to make each directory into its own git repository.
> Jim> Then, a separate gdb.git repository would include them
> Jim> via a git submodule.
>
> I thought that submodules could not be used to share files in the
> top-level directory. This is why I think submodules are not a viable
> solution for src -- anything in that directory is shared, not only by
> all the src projects, but also by gcc.
You can put the top-level files in their own repository and make that
a submodule, then have either a VC'd symlink for each file (ugly, and
not as maintainable, IMHO) or a bootstrap/autogen.sh-style script that
creates the links.