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How to share files/folders across git repo?

I have a git repository, inside there are files/folders, that I want to share across repo.

repo/
     .git/
     html-coding
          css-shared
     js-app
          css-shared
          ttf-shared
     font-files
          ttf-shared

Using Submodules for this task looks like overkill. At times of SVN I've used snv:externals flag, which worked just fine for my purposes.

Subtree is again referencing to external repos, which I don't need at all. Something simple like symbolic links would be acceptable. But I need it cross-platform, since my devs are on Mac, Win and Linux.

Solution

  • Using Submodules for this task looks like overkill

    Using submodules is the right solution, especially since they now can follow the latest commit of a branch (since git1.8.2, March 2013).
    In that aspect, they act as svn:external.