From a887fd8d48efd8cf229f9d0a4800b25066638018 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:38:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain how to run a subset of the tests.

* doc/guix.texi (Running the Test Suite): Explain 'TESTS'.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index d055ae357f6c21ccbaf6a66dfeb9e4e88ec8e4c1..a7da452fff6d3312ee3fc6b9ad91544cd2c8fc11 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -502,6 +502,13 @@ on a recent machine; subsequent runs will be faster because the store
 that is created for test purposes will already have various things in
 cache.
 
+It is also possible to run a subset of the tests by defining the
+@code{TESTS} makefile variable as in this example:
+
+@example
+make check TESTS="tests/store.scm tests/cpio.scm"
+@end example
+
 Upon failure, please email @email{bug-guix@@gnu.org} and attach the
 @file{test-suite.log} file.  When @file{tests/@var{something}.scm}
 fails, please also attach the @file{@var{something}.log} file available