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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 |