From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:48:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option
Message-ID: <20100610214807.GA24555@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <c5efa5c15498fe562af98b9b16165127bc1690c2.1276193888.git.trast@student.ethz.ch>

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>

> +--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