>> The cmake/ and admin/ directories (and a few others such as
>> libltdl) are replicated into each top level module via GIT
>> submodules.  This process occurs continually on the TDE GIT server, and
>> usually
>> catches changes within 24 hours, independent of the nightly build
>> system.
>>
>> In fact, you ***cannot*** change anything under admin/ or
>> cmake/ in any of the TDE modules other than common/, as your change will
>> be
>> detected and reversed by the same system that keeps the submodules up to
>> date.
>
> Do you mean I can't push changes to admin/cmake in each individual module
> because the next time I resync they all will be overwritten?
Yes.
> That any
> changes I always want to make to admin/cmake must be to the common ones
> and they must be pushed immediately?
No.  You need to change the files in the common/ directory, yes, but there
is no time limit to push them. :-)
>
> How do I test here before pushing to the master server? If the replication
> occurs only at the main GIT server, then those replications do not occur
> locally to all of the modules in my local tree. Seems the only way to make
> this change is to patch my common admin/cmake and push immediately. But
> then I hold my breath that I did not break anything major.

You would patch your local admin/ directory, build, test, etc., then once
it works generate a patch, apply the patch to the common/admin/ directory,
and commit.

Make sense?

Tim