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Re: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 10, 2010, 21:48 UTC
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<20100610214807.GA24555@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 08:24:46PM +0200, Thomas Rast wrote:
> We've had this option since f423ef5 (tests: allow user to specify
> trash directory location, 2009-08-09).  Make it easier to look up :-)
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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> +--root=<directory>::
> +	Use <directory> as a trash directory to store all temporary
> +	data during testing, instead of the t/ directory itself.
> +	Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
> +	can massively speed up the test suite.

Minor nit: <directory> is not the trash directory, but rather the root of all trash directories. I think anybody with half a clue will understand what it means, though.

-Peff
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  1. t/README: document --root optionThomas Rast, Jun 10, 2010
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