-x::
Turn on shell tracing (i.e., `set -x`) during the tests
- themselves. Implies `--verbose`. Note that this can cause
- failures in some tests which redirect and test the
- output of shell functions. Use with caution.
+ themselves. Implies `--verbose`. Note that in non-bash shells,
+ this can cause failures in some tests which redirect and test
+ the output of shell functions. Use with caution.
-d::
--debug::
Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
can massively speed up the test suite.
+--chain-lint::
+--no-chain-lint::
+ If --chain-lint is enabled, the test harness will check each
+ test to make sure that it properly "&&-chains" all commands (so
+ that a failure in the middle does not go unnoticed by the final
+ exit code of the test). This check is performed in addition to
+ running the tests themselves. You may also enable or disable
+ this feature by setting the GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT environment
+ variable to "1" or "0", respectively.
+
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