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+# Editorconfig, a commonly used configuration file for editors.
+# See https://editorconfig.org/ for details and syntax.
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+charset = utf-8
+
+# 4 space indentation
+[*.py]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+# Tab indentation (no size specified)
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab