Merge pull request #5 from kanr/packer-windows-submodule

Packer windows submodule

.gitignore

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ build-iPhoneSimulator/
 
 # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
 .rvmrc
-
+.DS_Store
 #Vagrant
 /.vagrant
 /windows_2016_virtualbox.box

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "packer"]
+	path = packer-windows
+	url = https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows.git

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 # vagrant-windows
 Vagrant windows guest configuration
 
-To build vagrant boxes for windows you can version windows environments. Given the ongoing use of windows in the modern business world, the ability to deploy these systems with codified configurations is highly desireable. 
+To build vagrant boxes for windows you can version windows environments. Given the ongoing use of windows in the modern business world, the ability to deploy these systems with codified configurations is highly desireable.
 
 the [Windows Packer Templates](https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows) repo contains a wealth of resources for building windows vagrant boxes.
 
-Install packer
-Clone the packer-windows repo
+Install packer as a git submodule
+
+```
+git submodule add --name packer https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows
+```
+
+Packer, and its windows templates can be managed in a seprate git repo and updated within the vagrant windows deployment repo.
+
+when setting up in a new development environment you need to run:
+`git submodule update` you will then see your subdirectory pull down its contents.