Re: splitting off shell test framework

From: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
Date: Nov 12, 2012, 23:09 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOkDyE9phgZ4ToWTWa2GYgfVkDknCqWr+KEyqVoHg0RVrVVk9A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAM9Z-n=ypt_fyFcPjYD28NNoxnJ2ZSovd1TbERdA8RJY1Va=kA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Drew Northup <n1xim.email@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> wrote:
>> As it turned out to be fairly easy, I was wondering if there would be
>> any interest in doing this more formally, i.e. splitting off the
>> framework so that it could be used and improved outside the scope of
>> git development?  Of course this would pose the question how git would
>> consume this new project without any risk of destabilisation.  I'm
>> guessing that simply using a git submodule would solve the problem,
>> but ICBW ...
>>
>> Just an idea.  Interesting, or terrible? :)
>
> Done at least once already:
>
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/201591

Nice! So hopefully someone will submit patches to build a two-way bridge via git subtree. Having them diverge would be sad.