From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:48:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option
Message-ID: <7vpqzxgusl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100610214807.GA24555@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> 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.

Then...

	Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
	testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.

perhaps?