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authorLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>2018-04-14 17:34:59 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-04-16 12:38:58 +0900
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read-cache.c: make $GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX boolean
While at there, document about this special mode when running the test suite. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -293,6 +293,17 @@ and know what setup is needed for it. Or when you want to run
everything up to a certain test.
+Running tests with special setups
+---------------------------------
+
+The whole test suite could be run to test some special features
+that cannot be easily covered by a few specific test cases. These
+could be enabled by running the test suite with correct GIT_TEST_
+environment set.
+
+GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=<boolean> forces split-index mode on the whole
+test suite. Accept any boolean values that are accepted by git-config.
+
Naming Tests
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