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authorAdam Vandenberg2014-06-03 20:25:26 -0700
committerAdam Vandenberg2014-06-03 20:25:26 -0700
commit8410fb9513b3c5258fa84a624b6edccad895d75a (patch)
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reword test docs
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diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
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@@ -332,12 +332,14 @@ Note that these flags should only appear after a command.
Ensures all tapped formula are symlinked into Library/Formula and prunes dead
formula from Library/Formula.
- * `test` <formula>:
+ * `test` [--devel|--HEAD] <formula>:
A few formulae provide a test method. `brew test <formula>` runs this
test method. There is no standard output or return code, but it should
generally indicate to the user if something is wrong with the installed
- formula. Options passed to `brew install` such as `--HEAD` also need to
- be provided to `brew test`.
+ formula.
+
+ To test the development or head version of a formula, `--devel` or
+ `--HEAD` must be passed.,
Example: `brew install jruby && brew test jruby`