Merge branch 'cb/byte-order'

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 06bc5ed8a165116b214bfc6d5680d4f2c8ff6210..8a9d4995f5197f2c841dd1c71107e3045c1790ce 100644 (file)
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -596,6 +596,27 @@ library for your script to use.
                ...
        '
 
+ - test_write_lines <lines>
+
+   Write <lines> on standard output, one line per argument.
+   Useful to prepare multi-line files in a compact form.
+
+   Example:
+
+       test_write_lines a b c d e f g >foo
+
+   Is a more compact equivalent of:
+       cat >foo <<-EOF
+       a
+       b
+       c
+       d
+       e
+       f
+       g
+       EOF
+
+
  - test_pause
 
        This command is useful for writing and debugging tests and must be
@@ -633,11 +654,18 @@ See the prereq argument to the test_* functions in the "Test harness
 library" section above and the "test_have_prereq" function for how to
 use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own.
 
- - PERL & PYTHON
+ - PYTHON
+
+   Git wasn't compiled with NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that
+   need Python with this.
+
+ - PERL
+
+   Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease.
 
-   Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease or
-   NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that need Perl or Python in
-   these.
+   Even without the PERL prerequisite, tests can assume there is a
+   usable perl interpreter at $PERL_PATH, though it need not be
+   particularly modern.
 
  - POSIXPERM