Single file as Git submodule

Question

I\'m trying to ascertain best-practices for shared code amongst Git repositories.

So far, I\'ve obviously come across submodules which seem like they - almost - fit

Answer 1

Perhaps you are best off maintaining core.php and core in a separate repo, and then using it as a remote. Then you can manage it by pulling it into any project it is used. In order to do this, just start the new project as a separate git repo, and then pull in the 'core' repo as a subtree.

This chapter shows you how to do it:

Updated Reference: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Advanced-Merging#_subtree_merge Original Reference: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v1/Git-Tools-Subtree-Merging

It is a little better for you than the setup advised in the previous section of the book (6.6).

Look at it; it might be helpful.