Merge pull request #312 from lparsons/update_galaxy_root_docs

Updated docs for serve command
galaxyproject · Sep 30, 2015 · f1be7a9 · f1be7a9
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@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@ planemo will search parent directories to see if any is a Galaxy instance
 option or force planemo to download a disposable instance with the
 ``--install_galaxy`` flag.
 
+``planemo`` will run the Galaxy instance in an existing virtualenv if one
+exists in a ``.venv`` directory in the specified ``--galaxy_root``.
+Otherwise, the Galaxy instance will run in a clean virtualenv created in
+`\tmp`.
+
 ``planemo`` uses temporarily generated config files and environment
 variables to attempt to shield this execution of Galaxy from manually
 launched runs against that same Galaxy root - but this may not be bullet
 proof yet so please careful and do not try this against production Galaxy
 instances.
 
+
 **Options**::