| 46 | Storing Third-Party Code |
Most third-party libraries are distributed in binary format, usually as a .dll or .jar file that you can link directly into your project. Some vendors provide source code in addition to binaries, and it can be useful to track that source code yourself. If the vendor ever goes away, you’ll still have all the source code and will be able to make changes and bug fixes to the library.
You should store all your vendor source code in one place in your repository. In the instructions on the facing page, we put all vendor code in named directories beneath /vendorsrc. Start by unzipping the source code (sometimes called a code drop) to a temporary directory. Next, import the code drop into a current directory inside the repository. ...
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