From: Thomas Rast Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:24:46 +0000 (+0200) Subject: t/README: document --root option X-Git-Tag: v1.7.2-rc0~3^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d4dbcd35e89a549055e34daf410e4579571b984;p=git.git t/README: document --root option 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 Acked-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index dcd3ebb5f..0e4e8d886 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=:: + Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during + testing under , instead of the t/ directory. + 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