Feature #3124
Updated by Alex Afanasyev over 8 years ago
Previously, NFD repository was imported into ndnSIM and merged into NFD/ folder using `git subtree` command. Unfortunately, this organization is not ideal from maintainability perspective.
Alternative that simplifies maintenance is git submodule system. ndnSIM repository will be pointing to specific commit of the customized NFD and ndn-cxx repositories. When needed, this commit can be changed, including changes to rebased commits.
A small downside is a little complication of operations on repositories, as multiple repositories now involved.
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Another part of this feature is to add custom form of ndn-cxx library as submodule. This way, ndnSIM no longer has indirect dependency on the library.