From: Jens Lehmann Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:56:57 GMT Subject: Re: tracking submodules out of main directory. Message-ID: <4E08D279.7060202@web.de> In-Reply-To: <1309200722.2497.294.camel@Naugrim.eriador.com> Am 27.06.2011 20:52, schrieb henri GEIST: > Le lundi 27 juin 2011 à 20:14 +0200, Jens Lehmann a écrit : >> Am 27.06.2011 18:51, schrieb Junio C Hamano: >>> One possible working tree organization may look like this: >>> >>> -+- lib1 >>> +- project1/Makefile -- refers to ../lib1 >>> +- project2/Makefile -- refers to ../lib1 >> >> This is what we do at work and it works really well for us. The >> possible downside (that you can't tie project1 and project2 to a >> specific version of lib1 in their own repo) is not a real problem >> in our experience, as the superproject ties the correct combination >> together. >> > > That is a good starting point. > I have used this method for some little projects and it work great. > > But I had never find a mean to handle the case of project1 depending on > both lib1 and lib2. Hmm, but isn't that covered by having lib1, lib2 & project1 right next to each other in your superproject?