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@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ run it using Gradle:
 gradle run
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+or to attach a remote debugger, run it as:
+
+-------------------------------------
+gradle run --debug-jvm
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+
 === Test case filtering.
 
 - `tests.class` is a class-filtering shell-like glob pattern,