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What version control software allowing overlaying branches similar to Perforce views?

An overlay mapping is used to map files from more than one depot directory into the same place in the workspace.

For example each branch has several fixes and need to be brought together into the Project/Source directory.

Perforce example:

//depot/Project/Source/...   //workspace/Project/Source/...
+//depot/branch1/Source/...  //workspace/Project/Source/...
+//depot/branch2/Source/...  //workspace/Project/Source/...
+//depot/branch3/Source/file.java  //workspace/Project/Source/file.java
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  • Would Git Submodules match this requirement?
    – Izzy ♦
    Nov 18, 2017 at 12:42
  • Surely if you have 2 or more files with the same name you are going to have a problem - it would be better to merge the branches, (unless I am not getting the hang of what is supposed to be going on). Otherwise you are just cherry picking to create a local only branch.
    – Steve Barnes
    Nov 18, 2017 at 16:46
  • With overlaying you can lay a branch on top of another and commit to the overlaying branch only not effecting the underlying branch. In the example branch3/Source/file.java would be change not the Project/Source/file.java
    – user2601995
    Nov 19, 2017 at 20:01

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