title: What are some good ways to distribute a common ant file to be included in builds?
body: <p>I work in a group where we produce many small apps, and use ANT for our build processes.</p>
  
  <p>We would like to have some of our commonly used directives housed in a common way. Currently, we require a mapped drive to a common location, and use </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;import file="${env.MAPPED_DRIVE}/common_directive.xml"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>There must be a better way to distribute a common ant file to include in many projects without having to map a drive. Do you have any other suggestions?</p>
  
  <p>Import is a "top level" directive, which means it won't work inside of a target. Therefore, I cannot simply create a target that downloads the file, and then import it.</p>