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@@ -75,6 +75,28 @@ 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. +--with-dashes:: + By default tests are run without dashed forms of + commands (like git-commit) in the PATH (it only uses + wrappers from ../bin-wrappers). Use this option to include + the build directory (..) in the PATH, which contains all + the dashed forms of commands. This option is currently + implied by other options like --valgrind and + GIT_TEST_INSTALLED. + +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 -------------- |