test: add machinery to download and verify databases

[notmuch] / test / README

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@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests:
        Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the
        speed of the test suite for some users.
 
+Certain tests require precomputed databases to complete. You can fetch these
+databases with
+
+       make download-test-databases
+
+If you do not download the test databases, the relevant tests will be
+skipped.
+
 When invoking the test suite via "make test" any of the above options
 can be specified as follows: