test: improve docs for when using HEAD or similar flags
Closes Homebrew/homebrew#29791. Signed-off-by: Adam Vandenberg <flangy@gmail.com>
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@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ Note that these flags should only appear after a command.
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A few formulae provide a test method. `brew test <formula>` runs this
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test method. There is no standard output or return code, but it should
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generally indicate to the user if something is wrong with the installed
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formula.
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formula. Options passed to `brew install` such as `--HEAD` also need to
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be provided to `brew test`.
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Example: `brew install jruby && brew test jruby`
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@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ class FormulaCreator
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#
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# This test will fail and we won't accept that! It's enough to just replace
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# "false" with the main program this formula installs, but it'd be nice if you
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# were more thorough. Run the test with `brew test #{name}`.
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# were more thorough. Run the test with `brew test #{name}`. Options passed
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# to `brew install` such as `--HEAD` also need to be provided to `brew test`.
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#
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# The installed folder is not in the path, so use the entire path to any
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# executables being tested: `system "\#{bin}/program", "do", "something"`.
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