Squashed commit of the following:

commit f8860afeede03f03afd87b905ecea7ddbaa84e3b
Author: James White <james.white.15@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 10 16:44:19 2014 +0000

    Add helper commands to delegates and some basic tests

commit 2c4cef0
Author: James White <james.white.15@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 9 00:48:52 2014 +0000

    Don't show --trace text in error messages when it's disabled. Also updated naming as tracing isn't just hidden from the menu it's actually completely disabled

commit d796de5
Author: James White <james.white.15@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 9 00:07:00 2014 +0000

    Adding ability to hide --trace, -t from the menu and globally enable tracing via #16 (comment). Usage: Commander::Runner.instance.hide_trace_help

lib/commander/delegates.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 module Commander
   module Delegates
     %w( add_command command program run! global_option 
-        commands alias_command default_command ).each do |meth|
+        commands alias_command default_command 
+        enable_tracing disable_tracing ).each do |meth|
       eval <<-END, binding, __FILE__, __LINE__
         def #{meth} *args, &block
           ::Commander::Runner.instance.#{meth} *args, &block

lib/commander/runner.rb

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def self.instance
     # Run command parsing and execution process.
 
     def run!
-      trace = false
+      trace = @tracing_enabled || false
       require_program :version, :description
       trap('INT') { abort program(:int_message) } if program(:int_message)
       trap('INT') { program(:int_block).call } if program(:int_block)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def run!
         return
       end
       global_option('-v', '--version', 'Display version information') { say version; return } 
-      global_option('-t', '--trace', 'Display backtrace when an error occurs') { trace = true }
+      global_option('-t', '--trace', 'Display backtrace when an error occurs') { trace = true } unless @tracing_disabled
       parse_global_options
       remove_global_options options, @args
       unless trace
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ def run!
           OptionParser::MissingArgument => e
           abort e.to_s
         rescue => e
-          abort "error: #{e}. Use --trace to view backtrace"
+          if @tracing_disabled
+            abort "error: #{e}."
+          else
+            abort "error: #{e}. Use --trace to view backtrace"
+          end
         end
       else
         run_active_command
@@ -85,6 +89,20 @@ def run!
     def version
       '%s %s' % [program(:name), program(:version)]
     end
+
+    ##
+    # Enabled tracing on all executions (bipasses --trace)
+
+    def enable_tracing
+      @tracing_enabled = true
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # Hide the trace option from the Help Menus and don't add it as a global option
+
+    def disable_tracing
+      @tracing_disabled = true
+    end
 
     ##
     # Assign program information.

spec/runner_spec.rb

@@ -289,6 +289,18 @@
       }.should raise_error(RuntimeError)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#enable_tracing" do
+    it "should enable tracing globally, regardless of whether --trace was passed or not" do
+      enable_tracing.should eq true
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#disable_tracing" do
+    it "should disable tracing globally, regardless of whether --trace was passed or not" do
+      disable_tracing.should eq true
+    end
+  end
 
   describe "--version" do
     it "should output program version" do