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org-manual.org: Another way to run version from git

* doc/org-manual.org (Using Org's git repository): Suggest '-L' command
line option to test git version without modification of init file.
Max Nikulin 4 years ago
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@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ Make sure you set the load path correctly in your Emacs init file:
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/org-mode/lisp")
 #+end_src
 
+Alternatively, if you intention is to test the latest version and you are
+not going to use it permanently then suppress regular initialization,
+optionally provide minimal init file and specify load path in command line:
+
+: $ emacs -Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp -l /path/to/init-git.el
+
 You can also compile with =make=, generate the documentation with
 =make doc=, create a local configuration with =make config= and
 install Org with =make install=.  Please run =make help= to get the