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+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+# Matches multiple files with brace expansion notation
+# Set default charset
+[*.{js,py}]
+charset = utf-8
+
+[*.cpp]
+indent_style = tab
+[*.h]
+indent_style = tab
+
+# Tab indentation (no size specified)
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
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