Is it possible to share folders without the folders being Git repositories themselves?

[ndattani]

I have described my situation here. It seems clear that if the "shared folders" were submodules, subtrees, or subrepos, then Repo 1 and Repo 2 can both enjoy possession of them, but if I have 1000s of shared folders, I don't want to make each of them a Git repository, and neither do I want to make a third Git repository just for the common folders. Is there a way to do this in Git?

I also mentioned this question here: apenwarr/git-subtrac#14

[andry81]

If shared folders does not need a version control and can be packed as is into a tar ball or a zip archive then, you can put them into, for example, ftp server and use vcstool to download archive files aside with your repositories:
https://github.com/dirk-thomas/vcstool#exporting-and-importing-sets-of-repositories

[ndattani]

Thanks for your suggestion! Ideally the shared folders could use version control and I could avoid using tar balls or zip archives.