remove-tracedir-param

[sateeshperi]

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• CHANGELOG.md is updated
• If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add tests!
• Documentation in docs is updated

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #2290 (94dcf28) into dev (df428cb) will increase coverage by 0.48%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

❗ Current head 94dcf28 differs from pull request most recent head 1bf8d1c. Consider uploading reports for the commit 1bf8d1c to get more accurate results

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+ Coverage   72.64%   73.12%   +0.48%     
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  Files          78       77       -1     
  Lines        8853     8433     -420     
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- Hits         6431     6167     -264     
+ Misses       2422     2266     -156     

see 23 files with indirect coverage changes

[mashehu]

What's the motivation for this change?

[sateeshperi]

#2208

[ewels]

Should hopefully be fine: #2208 (comment)