If you have a 10-year-old Makefile project with vendor/ directories checked into Git, migrating to Conan is daunting. Start by creating a hybrid exclusive repository.
The exclusive repository becomes the migration source of truth. You can even wrap legacy .so files into Conan packages without source code. conan repository exclusive
Use this scenario when you want your Conan client to connect to only one repository (e.g., an internal Artifactory) and ignore public repositories like Conan Center. If you have a 10-year-old Makefile project with
Exclusive mappings freeze the supply chain. If a package is marked exclusive to corp-jfrog, Conan will never query conan-center for that package. This guarantees that the binary artifact built today is identical to the one built six months ago. The exclusive repository becomes the migration source of