User Guide - MKS

Chapter 5: Project and Sandbox Operations
Creating a
Shared
Subproject
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A shared subproject is a subproject that is a member of more than one
project. Source Integrity allows you to share a subproject between two or
more projects by referencing the original subproject. A shared subproject
allows you to access common members across many projects. Shared
subprojects are not required to be located within the same directory
structure or project hierarchy.
The first step to sharing a subproject is to select an existing subproject, or
master project that you want to add to another project. This existing
subproject will continue to reside within its original master project, but
will be referenced by the other project and shown as a shared subproject.
The next step is creating a new subproject file to represent the shared
subproject. In reality, a shared subproject is actually a new project which
shares the same archive as its original project.
Once you have selected a subproject you want to share and the project you
want to share it to, you can decide what type of subproject you want it to
be to complete the operation.
A shared subproject functions the same as an unshared subproject and is
accessible by the most commands.
NOTE
When working with shared subprojects, Source Integrity uses the actual name
of the subproject in the file system, rather than its relative name in the project
hierarchy. This enhances the portability of change packages across different
projects.
You cannot import members into a shared subproject from its shared location.
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