[gnulib 530dd174]
The `git submodule' is a very nice feature, however, there are two issues. . First of all, there is some user-unfriendliness: Without installing a gnulib submodule for project `foo', just invoking the `bootstrap' script in the `foo' directory' without any arguments gives ./bootstrap: line 610: gnulib/gnulib-tool: No such file or directory This looks like a bug in the script, which it isn't actually. Maybe `bootstrap' can be improved to emit a suggestion how to proceed. . Writing git submodule add -- git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git .gnulib for a project `foo' adds 55MByte. If I have another project with the same setup, I need 55MByte again. Not optimal, obviously. How can I save space, for example, by referencing a separately checked out `gnulib' repository as a submodule instead of cloning it? Of course, the default method of `bootstrap' should be not changed. Werner