From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Ogilvie Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] t/README: Document GIT_TEST_INSTALLED and GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:19:28 -0700 Message-ID: <1259561971-25730-4-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> References: <1259561971-25730-1-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> <1259561971-25730-2-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> <1259561971-25730-3-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Cc: Matthew Ogilvie To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 30 07:20:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NEzcm-0000zV-92 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:20:40 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753395AbZK3GUD (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:20:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753251AbZK3GUC (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:20:02 -0500 Received: from qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.16]:47171 "EHLO QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752601AbZK3GT4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 Received: from OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.43]) by QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BJFz1d00E0vp7WLA1JKAst; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:19:10 +0000 Received: from mmogilvi.homeip.net ([24.8.125.243]) by OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BJL31d0015FCJCg8RJL3cq; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:20:04 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (bean [192.168.30.96]) by mmogilvi.homeip.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E6789114; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:20:02 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.4.GIT In-Reply-To: <1259561971-25730-3-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: These were added without documentation in 2009-03-16 (6720721). Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie --- t/README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index d8f6c7d..4e1d7dd 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ appropriately before running "make". As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to run the tests with this option in parallel. +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 +test-* support programs, templates, and perl libraries are used. +If your installed git is incomplete, it will silently test parts of +your built version instead. + +When using GIT_TEST_INSTALLED, you can also set GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH to +override the location of the dashed-form subcommands (what +GIT_EXEC_PATH would be used for during normal operation). +GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH defaults to `$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED/git --exec-path`. + + Skipping Tests -------------- -- 1.6.4.GIT