From: greened@obbligato.org
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:16:02 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2012, #09; Mon, 26)
Message-ID: <87limmdest.fsf@smith.obbligato.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vzkb3kl6f.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> * dg/test-from-elsewhere (2012-03-04) 2 commits
>  - Support out-of-tree Valgrind tests
>  - Allow overriding GIT_BUILD_DIR
>
> Better support for out-of-tree test scripts, but it appears that the
> approach needs to be rethought.  By repointing TEST_DIRECTORY to a
> directory other than $(pwd)/.., an out of place test script can reach
> test helpers and freshly built Git relative to it (GIT_BUILD_DIR is
> a mere short-hand for $TEST_DIRECTORY/..).
>
> Discussion stalled.

We don't need this anymore, so go ahead and drop it.

                          -Dave