Add --persist flag to enable persistence #990

Job	Run time
Unit Tests	18s
GoReleaser Check	5s
Integration Tests (windows-latest)	1m 25s
Integration Tests (ubuntu-latest)	7m 13s
Integration Tests (macos-latest)	1m 28s
Lint	24s
Build and Publish Release	-1s
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