@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ you can clone from one of the following locations:
1313* Git mirror repository:
1414 [github.com/bos/text-test-data](https://github.com/bos/text-test-data)
1515
16−You should clone that repository into the `tests` subdirectory (your
17−clone must be named `text-test-data` locally), then run `make -C
18−tests/text-test-data` to uncompress the test files. Many tests and
19−benchmarks will fail if the test files are missing.
16+You can clone either repository into the `tests` subdirectory using
17+
18+ cd tests/
19+ make text-test-data # to clone from mercurial, OR
20+ make VCS=git text-test-data # to clone from git
21+
22+Many tests and benchmarks will fail if the test files are missing.
2023
2124Functional tests
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