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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2014-05-30 18:15:55 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2014-05-30 18:15:55 (GMT) |
| commit | 28f73dffbf7cea391b2141994d0405bb867fb63f (patch) | |
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Help: Document ctest_start initial checkout command variables
Describe the behavior of the ctest_start() command when the
CTEST_CHECKOUT_COMMAND or CTEST_CVS_CHECKOUT variable is set.
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diff --git a/Help/command/ctest_start.rst b/Help/command/ctest_start.rst index f16142e..b5c7a17 100644 --- a/Help/command/ctest_start.rst +++ b/Help/command/ctest_start.rst @@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY and CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY. If the track is specified, the submissions will go to the specified track. If APPEND is used, the existing TAG is used rather than creating a new one based on the current time stamp. + +If the ``CTEST_CHECKOUT_COMMAND`` variable (or the ``CTEST_CVS_CHECKOUT`` +variable) is set, its content is treated as command-line. The command is +invoked with the current working directory set to the parent of the source +directory, even if the source directory already exists. This can be used +to create the source tree from a version control repository. |