Re: [PATCH/RFC v4 01/16] GSOC remote-svn

> That indicates that one necessary patch to add logic to Makefile to
> go and build that subdirectory, at least before running the test,
> but possibly as part of the "all" target, is missing, isn't it?
> 
> Or you can add, at the beginning of your tests files that require
> the contrib bit, to have something like
> 
>         if test -e "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/remote-svn"
>         then
>                 test_set_prereq REMOTE_SVN
>         fi
> 
> and protect your tests with the prerequisite, e.g.
> 
>         test_expect_success REMOTE_SVN 'test svn:// URL' '
>                 ...
>         '
> 
> without changing the top-level Makefile.