[PATCH v2 3/6] t/README: Document GIT_TEST_INSTALLED and GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH
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From: Matthew Ogilvie <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:47
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Revision v2 of 2 in this series.
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These were added without documentation in 2009-03-16 (6720721). Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <redacted> --- t/README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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+++ b/t/README@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ appropriately before running "make". As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to run the tests with this option in parallel. +You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to +the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation. +You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various +test-* support programs, templates, and perl libraries are used. +If your installed git is incomplete, it will silently test parts of +your built version instead. + +When using GIT_TEST_INSTALLED, you can also set GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH to +override the location of the dashed-form subcommands (what +GIT_EXEC_PATH would be used for during normal operation). +GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH defaults to `$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED/git --exec-path`. + + Skipping Tests --------------
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