From 0d4dbcd35e89a549055e34daf410e4579571b984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Rast Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:24:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] t/README: document --root option We've had this option since f423ef5 (tests: allow user to specify trash directory location, 2009-08-09). Make it easier to look up :-) Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast Acked-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- t/README | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index dcd3ebb5f2..0e4e8d8862 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make". implied by other options like --valgrind and GIT_TEST_INSTALLED. +--root=:: + Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during + testing under , instead of the t/ directory. + Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs) + can massively speed up the test suite. + 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