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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 <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jeff King <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make".
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implied by other options like --valgrind and
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GIT_TEST_INSTALLED.
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--root=<directory>::
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Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
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testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
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Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
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can massively speed up the test suite.
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You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to
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the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation.
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You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various

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