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@@ -60,7 +60,22 @@ You can set the following variables (also in your config.mak):
GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS
Options to use when automatically building a git tree for
- performance testing. E.g., -j6 would be useful.
+ performance testing. E.g., -j6 would be useful. Passed
+ directly to make as "make $GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS".
+
+ GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND
+ An arbitrary command that'll be run in place of the make
+ command, if set the GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS variable is
+ ignored. Useful in cases where source tree changes might
+ require issuing a different make command to different
+ revisions.
+
+ This can be (ab)used to monkeypatch or otherwise change the
+ tree about to be built. Note that the build directory can be
+ re-used for subsequent runs so the make command might get
+ executed multiple times on the same tree, but don't count on
+ any of that, that's an implementation detail that might change
+ in the future.
GIT_PERF_REPO
GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO