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authorRobert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net>2010-12-07 11:30:43 +1300
committerRobert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net>2010-12-07 11:30:43 +1300
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@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ test ids that your test runner outputs. Arguments passed to run are passed
through to your test runner command line. To pass options through to your test
running, use a ``--`` before your options. For instance,
``testr run quux -- bar --no-plugins`` would run
-``foo quux bar --no-plugins`` using the above config example. The
-command help for ``testr run`` describes the available options for .testr.conf.
+``foo quux bar --no-plugins`` using the above config example. Shell variables
+are expanded in these commands on platforms that have a shell. The command
+help for ``testr run`` describes the available options for .testr.conf.
Having setup a .testr.conf, a common workflow then becomes::