What to do with multiple projects depending on the same source?

Question

This is something I\'ve come across twice in the past month and I\'m not even certain how to phrase this as a Google query.

I\'m actually using SVN for all of this,

Answer 1

Put all shared files in a separate folder in either one of the projects or in a separate one. Then use externals to reference that folder. Mixing files from different places in the same folder is a bad idea.