I was wondering what is the best way to organize my source code. I was researching on SO and found https://stackoverflow.com/a/1398594/137261 but this source code layout is library specific and doesn't cover my situation.My situation:10 own modules (100k lines of code)15 external libraries (e.g. boost, sqlite, zlib, etc.)2 critical modules have to be available for selected developers only (maybe separate git repos ?)project is multiplatform (Linux and Windows)Git as version control systemcmake used to build projectQuestion:does it make sense to incorporate all libraries into my project e.g. in _3rd_party_libs_ folder ?how to handle lib include paths in my modules (environmental variable, relative paths, git submodules, etc. ) ?should I always build external libs from source or just use their binaries ?
Big project with many external libraries - source code organisation
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