From e160da7f60e67ee548472d907ede3291bbc2a79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Ogilvie Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:19:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- t/README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) 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 -------------- -- 2.26.2