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index 07da480b..8fbf78da 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests:
As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to
run the tests with this option in parallel.
+--root=
::
+ This runs the testsuites specified under a seperate directory.
+ However, caution is advised, as not all tests are maintained
+ with this relocation in mind, so some tests may behave
+ differently.
+
+ Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the
+ speed of the test suite for some users.
+
When invoking the test suite via "make test" any of the above options
can be specified as follows:
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ library for your script to use.
This works similar to test_expect_equal (see above) but is used to
mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage, (that is, the
- author of the test expectes "output" and "expected" to differ until
+ author of the test expects "output" and "expected" to differ until
the breakage is fixed). See test_expect_failure for details.
test_debug