I apologize for the loaded title, maybe the question is best asked through an example. What is the preferred method for accomplishing the following scenario:
- Several projects exist that share several modules but are different enough to warrant separate source repositories.
- The shared modules exist as a separate repository that can be cloned anywhere on a developers filesystem (Lets call it the SDK).
- Two developers are working on the same project (Lets say an MSP430 project in CCS) and have a copy of the SDK located in two different places on their computers.
- They must configured a path variable that points to the location of SDK (Which is linked into the project).
How is this accomplished without inserting conflicting paths into the .project file?
I initially created a Windows environment variable that pointed to the SDK. After attempting to link a folder based on the environment variable, I discovered this doesn't appear possible with Eclipse as a path variable must be created that is essentially a copy of the environment variable (Thus defeating the purpose of an environment variable and also inserting absolute paths into the .project file).
This seems like a problem that crops up all of the time, so I must be missing something simple.
Thanks,