Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2012, #09; Mon, 26)

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:16:02 -0500

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> * dg/test-from-elsewhere (2012-03-04) 2 commits
>  - Support out-of-tree Valgrind tests
>  - Allow overriding GIT_BUILD_DIR
>
> Better support for out-of-tree test scripts, but it appears that the
> approach needs to be rethought.  By repointing TEST_DIRECTORY to a
> directory other than $(pwd)/.., an out of place test script can reach
> test helpers and freshly built Git relative to it (GIT_BUILD_DIR is
> a mere short-hand for $TEST_DIRECTORY/..).
>
> Discussion stalled.

We don't need this anymore, so go ahead and drop it.

                          -Dave