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tracking a file from another project in my own project

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Ppicca <picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr>
Date
Jan 22, 2008, 08:35 UTC
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Hello

Supposed I want to use the strbuf.c and strbuf.h file of git.git in my own project.git. Is it possible to configure git to track this particular files when I do a git pull?

This way all strbug bugs corrected in git.git will be apply automatically to my own project.

Thank you.
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