t: add means to disable '-x' tracing for individual test scripts
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--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ appropriately before running "make".
        themselves. Implies `--verbose`. Note that in non-bash shells,
        this can cause failures in some tests which redirect and test
        the output of shell functions. Use with caution.
+       Ignored in test scripts that set the variable 'test_untraceable'
+       to a non-empty value, unless it's run with a Bash version
+       supporting BASH_XTRACEFD, i.e. v4.1 or later.
 
 -d::
 --debug::