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+# Performance Codelab System Tracing Files
+This folder contains system tracing files for the [Jetpack Compose Performance Codelab](https://d.android.com/codelabs/jetpack-compose-performance).
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+# For Contributors
+You should always **force-push** to this folder so that we don't pollute Git history with binary files.
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+These traces are kept in this repo on purpose, so that they're close to the actual codelab docebase.
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