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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
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--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ When fixing bugs or enhancing notmuch, you are strongly encouraged to
 add tests in this directory to cover what you are trying to fix or
 enhance.
 
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+Some tests require external dependencies to run. Without them, they
+will be skipped, or (rarely) marked failed. Please install these, so
+that you know if you break anything.
+
+  - dtach(1)
+  - emacs(1)
+  - emacsclient(1)
+  - gdb(1)
+  - gpg(1)
+  - python(1)
+
 Running Tests
 -------------
 The easiest way to run tests is to say "make test", (or simply run the
@@ -13,7 +26,8 @@ notmuch-test script). Either command will run all available tests.
 
 Alternately, you can run a specific subset of tests by simply invoking
 one of the executable scripts in this directory, (such as ./search,
-./reply, etc.)
+./reply, etc). Note that you will probably want "make test-binaries"
+before running individual tests.
 
 The following command-line options are available when running tests:
 
@@ -41,11 +55,35 @@ 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=<dir>::
+	This runs the testsuites specified under a separate 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:
 
 	make test OPTIONS="--verbose"
 
+You can choose an emacs binary (and corresponding emacsclient) to run
+the tests in one of the following ways.
+
+	TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient make test
+	TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient ./emacs
+	make test TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient
+
+Quiet Execution
+---------------
+
+Normally, when new script starts and when test PASSes you get a message
+printed on screen. This printing can be disabled by setting the
+NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET variable to a non-null value. Message on test
+failures and skips are still printed.
+
 Skipping Tests
 --------------
 If, for any reason, you need to skip one or more tests, you can do so
@@ -68,11 +106,11 @@ remaining tests to be unaffected.
 
 Writing Tests
 -------------
-The test script is written as a shell script.  It should start
-with the standard "#!/bin/bash" with copyright notices, and an
+The test script is written as a shell script.  It should start with
+the standard "#!/usr/bin/env bash" with copyright notices, and an
 assignment to variable 'test_description', like this:
 
-	#!/bin/bash
+	#!/usr/bin/env bash
 	#
 	# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 	#
@@ -94,10 +132,12 @@ This test harness library does the following things:
  - If the script is invoked with command line argument --help
    (or -h), it shows the test_description and exits.
 
- - Creates a temporary directory with default notmuch-config and empty
-   mail store. This directory is 'test/tmp.<test-basename>'. The path
-   to notmuch-config is exported in NOTMUCH_CONFIG environment
-   variable and mail store path is stored in MAIL_DIR variable.
+ - Creates a temporary directory with default notmuch-config and a
+   mail store with a corpus of mail, (initially, 50 early messages
+   sent to the notmuch list). This directory is
+   test/tmp.<test-basename>. The path to notmuch-config is exported in
+   NOTMUCH_CONFIG environment variable and mail store path is stored
+   in MAIL_DIR variable.
 
  - Defines standard test helper functions for your scripts to
    use.  These functions are designed to make all scripts behave
@@ -115,27 +155,26 @@ Test harness library
 There are a handful helper functions defined in the test harness
 library for your script to use.
 
- - test_expect_success <message> <script>
+ test_expect_success <message> <script>
 
    This takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
    <script>.  If it yields success, test is considered
    successful.  <message> should state what it is testing.
 
- - test_expect_failure <message> <script>
-
-   This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used
-   to mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage.  Unlike
-   the usual test_expect_success tests, which say "ok" on
-   success and "FAIL" on failure, this will say "FIXED" on
-   success and "still broken" on failure.  Failures from these
-   tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.
-
- - test_begin_subtest <message>
+ test_begin_subtest <message>
 
    Set the test description message for a subsequent test_expect_equal
    invocation (see below).
 
- - test_expect_equal <output> <expected>
+ test_subtest_known_broken
+
+   Mark the current test as broken.  Such tests are expected to fail.
+   Unlike the normal tests, which say "PASS" on success and "FAIL" on
+   failure, these will say "FIXED" on success and "BROKEN" on failure.
+   Failures from these tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.  A
+   test must call this before any test_expect_* function.
+
+ test_expect_equal <output> <expected>
 
    This is an often-used convenience function built on top of
    test_expect_success. It uses the message from the last
@@ -145,16 +184,100 @@ library for your script to use.
    will generate a failure and print the difference of the two
    strings.
 
- - test_debug <script>
+ test_expect_equal_file <file1> <file2>
+
+   Identical to test_expect_equal, except that <file1> and <file2>
+   are files instead of strings.  This is a much more robust method to
+   compare formatted textual information, since it also notices
+   whitespace and closing newline differences.
+
+ test_expect_equal_json <output> <expected>
+
+   Identical to test_expect_equal, except that the two strings are
+   treated as JSON and canonicalized before equality testing.  This is
+   useful to abstract away from whitespace differences in the expected
+   output and that generated by running a notmuch command.
+
+ test_debug <script>
 
    This takes a single argument, <script>, and evaluates it only
    when the test script is started with --debug command line
    argument.  This is primarily meant for use during the
    development of a new test script.
 
- - test_done
+ test_emacs <emacs-lisp-expressions>
+
+   This function executes the provided emacs lisp script within
+   emacs. The script can be a sequence of emacs lisp expressions,
+   (that is, they will be evaluated within a progn form). Emacs
+   stdout and stderr is not available, the common way to get output
+   is to save it to a file. There are some auxiliary functions
+   useful in emacs tests provided in test-lib.el. Do not use `setq'
+   for setting variables in Emacs tests because it affects other
+   tests that may run in the same Emacs instance.  Use `let' instead
+   so the scope of the changed variables is limited to a single test.
+
+ test_emacs_expect_t <emacs-lisp-expressions>
+
+  This function executes the provided emacs lisp script within
+  emacs in a manner similar to 'test_emacs'. The expressions should
+  return the value `t' to indicate that the test has passed. If the
+  test does not return `t' then it is considered failed and all data
+  returned by the test is reported to the tester.
+
+ test_done
 
    Your test script must have test_done at the end.  Its purpose
    is to summarize successes and failures in the test script and
    exit with an appropriate error code.
-k
\ No newline at end of file
+
+There are also a number of notmuch-specific auxiliary functions and
+variables which are useful in writing tests:
+
+  generate_message
+
+    Generates a message with an optional template. Most tests will
+    actually prefer to call add_message. See below.
+
+  add_message
+
+    Generate a message and add it to the database (by calling "notmuch
+    new"). It is sufficient to simply call add_message with no
+    arguments if you don't care about the content of the message. If
+    more control is needed, arguments can be provide to specify many
+    different header values for the new message. See the documentation
+    within test-lib.sh or refer to many example calls within existing
+    tests.
+
+  add_email_corpus
+
+    This function should be called at the beginning of a test file
+    when a test needs to operate on a non-empty body of messages. It
+    will initialize the mail database to a known state of 50 sample
+    messages, (culled from the early history of the notmuch mailing
+    list).
+
+  notmuch_counter_reset
+  $notmuch_counter_command
+  notmuch_counter_value
+
+    These allow to count how many times notmuch binary is called.
+    notmuch_counter_reset() function generates a script that counts
+    how many times it is called and resets the counter to zero.  The
+    function sets $notmuch_counter_command variable to the path to the
+    generated script that should be called instead of notmuch to do
+    the counting.  The notmuch_counter_value() function prints the
+    current counter value.
+
+There are also functions which remove various environment-dependent
+values from notmuch output; these are useful to ensure that test
+results remain consistent across different machines.
+
+ notmuch_search_sanitize
+ notmuch_show_sanitize
+ notmuch_show_sanitize_all
+ notmuch_json_show_sanitize
+
+   All these functions should receive the text to be sanitized as the
+   input of a pipe, e.g.
+   output=`notmuch search "..." | notmuch_search_sanitize`