Re: splitting off shell test framework

From: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
Date: Aug 23, 2017, 13:46 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOkDyE_VhGUzn=PmAVsbaTe1ZeBwBVGpF4Muz5MBckMAB6cf=g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAOkDyE9phgZ4ToWTWa2GYgfVkDknCqWr+KEyqVoHg0RVrVVk9A@mail.gmail.com>

I got a helpful response to the following question almost 5 years ago:

On 12 November 2012 at 23:09, Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> wrote:

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

but sadly since then gmane has shuffled off its mortal coil and I can't remember / find what this URL referred to. Please could someone point me at a working link?

Many thanks! Adam