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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> 1. Currently tests check _built_ version:
>
>    # Test the binaries we have just built.  The tests are kept in
>    # t/ subdirectory and are run in trash subdirectory.
>
>    It would be nice if there were a switch which would allow to test
>    _installed_ (somewhere) version of git, to check for errors like
>    some script not finding some command etc.

If you are saying _in addition_ I would not stop you, but I am
not interested in testing installed version at all.  Testing
after installing is already too late.