Merge pull request #268 from pv/repo-doc

Document that 'repo' config value can also be a relative path

docs/source/asv.conf.json.rst

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ results page back to your project.
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 The URL to the repository for the project.
 
+The value can also be a path, relative to the location of the
+configuration file. For example, if the benchmarks are stored in the
+same repository as the project itself, and the configuration file is
+located at ``benchmarks/asv.conf.json`` inside the repository, you can
+set ``"repo": ".."`` to use the local repository.
+
 Currently, only ``git`` and ``hg`` repositories are supported, so this must be
 a URL that ``git`` or ``hg`` know how to clone from, for example:
 

docs/source/using.rst

@@ -45,12 +45,18 @@ suite are:
 
 - ``project_url``: The project's homepage.
 
-- ``repo``: The URL to the DVCS repository for the project.  This
+- ``repo``: The URL or path to the DVCS repository for the project.  This
   should be a read-only URL so that anyone, even those without commit
   rights to the repository, can run the benchmarks.  For a project on
   github, for example, the URL would look like:
   ``https://github.com/spacetelescope/asv.git``
 
+  The value can also be a path, relative to the location of the
+  configuration file. For example, if the benchmarks are stored
+  in the same repository as the project itself, and the configuration
+  file is located at ``benchmarks/asv.conf.json`` inside the repository,
+  you can set ``"repo": ".."`` to use the local repository.
+
 - ``show_commit_url``: The base of URLs used to display commits for
   the project.  This allows users to click on a commit in the web
   interface and have it display the contents of that commit.  For a