[LLVMdev] Shouldn't tools and projects in .gitignore go to .gitmodules?

[Ahmed Charles]

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> From: kuba at mareimbrium.org
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:52:51 -0400
> To: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: [LLVMdev] Shouldn't tools and projects in .gitignore go to .gitmodules?
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> I think it is erroneous to have the subrepository projects and tools listed in .gitignore.
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> Instead of being ignored, methinks they should be listed as submodules in .gitmodules:

After working with submodules in Boost, the current situation for llvm is much better. The directory structure is purely due to build system concerns and is largely unrelated to source control concerns.