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+*.cc             whitespace=tab-in-indent,no-lf-at-eof,trailing-whitespace
+*.h              whitespace=tab-in-indent,no-lf-at-eof,trailing-whitespace
+*.rst              whitespace=tab-in-indent,no-lf-at-eof,trailing-whitespace
+*.txt              whitespace=tab-in-indent,no-lf-at-eof,trailing-whitespace