From: Matthew Ogilvie Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:19:28 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] t/README: Document GIT_TEST_INSTALLED and GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH Message-ID: <1259561971-25730-4-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> In-Reply-To: <1259561971-25730-3-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> These were added without documentation in 2009-03-16 (6720721). Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie --- t/README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index d8f6c7d..4e1d7dd 100644 --- a/t/README +++ 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 -------------- -- 1.6.4.GIT