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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-06-11 22:05:58 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-06-11 22:05:58 -0700
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parentt/README: document --root option (diff)
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* maint: t/README: document --root option Makefile: default pager on AIX to "more"
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@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make".
implied by other options like --valgrind and
GIT_TEST_INSTALLED.
+--root=<directory>::
+ Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
+ testing under <directory>, 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