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Michael Poole, Fri, Dec 07, 2007 04:01:04 +0100:
> It seems like using the current submodule code would mean that this
> kind of import would need two passes over the foreign repository,
> rather than one if the branch could be created after the parent tree
> is initially imported.  I can live with that -- it is a rather unusual
> case -- but maybe there is a better way.)

Import the core module in a branch all by itself, and merge it in
every support branch?


    Supp1: o-o-o-----o-o-o-o-o-o-o
		    /
    Core:  o-o-o-o-o
		    \
    Supp2: o-o-------o-o-o-o