From: Thomas Rast Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:24:46 GMT Subject: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option Message-ID: We've had this option since f423ef5 (tests: allow user to specify trash directory location, 2009-08-09). Make it easier to look up :-) Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast --- t/README | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index dcd3ebb..0470c14 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make". implied by other options like --valgrind and GIT_TEST_INSTALLED. +--root=:: + Use 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. + You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation. You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various -- 1.7.1.553.ga798e