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Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 01:48:26PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> >> +--root=<directory>::
> >> +	Use <directory> 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.
> >
> > Minor nit: <directory> is not the trash directory, but rather the root
> > of all trash directories. I think anybody with half a clue will
> > understand what it means, though.
> 
> Then...
> 
> 	Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
> 	testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.

Yeah, that is much better, IMHO.

-Peff