Merge branch 'maint-1.6.5' into maint-1.6.6

[git.git] / t / README

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index d8f6c7de6d27e27a33982e82893baa3bb5ffd7fd..4e1d7dd1833f43404a00b41d55800b9fe27d1807 100644 (file)
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ 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.
 
        As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to
        run the tests with this option in parallel.
 

+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`.
+
+

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