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t/README: document --root option

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We've had this option since f423ef5 (tests: allow user to specify
trash directory location, 2009-08-09).  Make it easier to look up :-)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ appropriately before running "make".
implied by other options like --valgrind and
GIT_TEST_INSTALLED.
--root=<directory>::
Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
can massively speed up the test suite.
You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to
the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation.
You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various