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Re: [RFC/PATCHv2] git submodule split

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 14, 2009, 23:01 UTC
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Hi,
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009, Eric Kidd wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > As I said to Eric already, I would like this to be part of git-submodule
> > proper, as I expect a lot of people needing it.
> 
> I'm happy to do whatever people want. :-) Even if this goes into
> contrib/, I want to include everything a regular git command would
> have: unit tests, a man page, portable sh code, etc.

That is the problem. IIRC we do not have a testing framework in contrib/. Indeed, we would not catch breakages in contrib/ at all.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 12 of 13 in “[RFC] What's the best UI for 'git submodule split'?”
  1. Eric KiddFeb 12, 2009
  2. [RFC/PATCHv2] git submodule splitEric Kidd, Feb 14, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2009
  4. Eric KiddFeb 14, 2009
  5. Lars HjemliFeb 14, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  7. Nanako ShiraishiFeb 17, 2009
  8. Lars HjemliFeb 19, 2009
  9. Kyle MoffettFeb 19, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  11. Eric KiddFeb 14, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  13. Sverre RabbelierFeb 14, 2009

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