Re: [PATCH] Add option --path to allow to run tests with real systems. You must install git before running this test.

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Hi,

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

> On Dec 6, 2007 10:23 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:15:05AM +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> > >  > On Dec 6, 2007 2:32 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >  > > This is wrong, isn't it?  $path may point at the freshly built but not
> > >  > > installed git executable, but it reports --exec-path the location that
> > >  > > git-foo and friends are to be _eventually_ installed, not the location
> > >  > > they are sitting after built, being tested, waiting to be installed.
> > >  > >
> > >  > Yes, forgot to mention you must do "make install" first :)
> > >  >
> > >
> > >  Perhaps a check to remind people to 'make install' like this?
> >
> > Well, the whole point of "make test" is to be sure that it works before
> > installing it.
> >
> > How about something completely different?
> 
> I still think testing another round after installing is good. But
> that's not my aim. So Ack on your patch (at least the idea because I
> have not used it yet).

No, I think that testing after installing is way too late.

BTW there was no sign-off on my patch (as well as no commit message), 
because it does not work on symbolic-link-challenged systems.  So it was 
purely meant as inspiration.

Ciao,
Dscho

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