Git

Some time ago we needed to create a new product that shares many features with the existing one. The first idea was to extract some of the code into a library, to be then imported and used independently in the two projects. After creating the repository for the library, the first thing I would have done was copy the files from one repo to another. Well, it works like a charm, it’s fast, and it doesn’t require any particular expertise — a normal drag-and-drop operation. What’s more? It could be a very effective approach, but …