symlinks-git.cmd

rem cmd
rem git doesn't require any actual repository or its worktree to be in any particular place.

git clone -c core.symlinks=true https://github.com/User/application
mklink /d main\resources\ c:\src\main\resources\
mklink file.xml c:\src\main\resources\file.xml

git submodule init
echo gitdir: C:\to\shared\libraryXYZ\.git > libraryXYZ\.git
rem for example to see where all a project's submodules' parts are kept

git submodule foreach git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel
rem or for just one:
git --git-dir=$project1\libraryXYZ\.git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel

rem or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5917249/git-symlinks-in-windows

rem bash
submodule add https://github.com/User/application
ln -s User/application/src/main/resources/file.xml
git add .gitmodules file.xml
git commit -m "add a symbolic link to file.xml with the respective submodule"