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Let's say I have a repo that looks like this: 

Repo  
--a.txt  
--b.txt

Let's say I create a feature branch named featureA for user A to implement a feature. After implementing feature branch would be merged back to master.

Now I want User A to work only with b.txt to implement the feature and not change a.txt but as far as I have seen user can change a.txt. So how do I restrict the user from changing a.txt? Also, I want a.txt to be in user's copy but I don't want the user to change it. Can this be done in Git or SourceTree?

Huy Vo
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  • Possible duplicate of [How to prevent successive commit on specific file on git?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3491751/how-to-prevent-successive-commit-on-specific-file-on-git) – Josh Lee Feb 03 '17 at 04:40

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Git's submodule is the one you need:

  • Create a different repo, let's call it different_repo lol.
  • Add a.txt to different_repo.
  • Add different_repo to your current repo as a submodule.
  • Remember to setting different_repo to read-only to some of your users.
  • Cheers.
Huy Vo
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