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 | `--trace`                   | `false`                                 | Enable performance tracing ([details](#performance-traces))                                                                                                        |
 | `--trace-log-dir`           | `${cwd}/logs`                           | The directory to put tracing log files. Defaults to `${cwd}/logs`.                                                                                                 |
 | `--trace-cat`               | [default categories](./src/defaults.ts) | The tracing categories to record. Should be a string of comma-separated category names                                                                             |
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