From: Matthew Ogilvie Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:19:28 +0000 (-0700) Subject: t/README: Document GIT_TEST_INSTALLED and GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH X-Git-Tag: v1.6.6-rc1~20 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e160da7f60e67ee548472d907ede3291bbc2a79e;p=git.git t/README: Document GIT_TEST_INSTALLED and GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH These were added without documentation in 2009-03-16 (6720721). Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index d8f6c7de6..4e1d7dd18 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 --------------