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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-06-02 14:44:26 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2014-06-02 14:44:26 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-ctest-settings'
2d57a390 Help: Document ctest dashboard client usage 28f73dff Help: Document ctest_start initial checkout command variables
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@@ -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.