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-# See all possible options and defaults with:
-# clang-format --style=llvm --dump-config
-BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-AccessModifierOffset: -4
-AlignConsecutiveAssignments: true
-AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: Yes
-BinPackArguments: false
-BinPackParameters: false
-BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: All
-BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeColon
-ColumnLimit: 99
-IndentCaseLabels: true
-IndentPPDirectives: AfterHash
-IndentWidth: 4
-Language: Cpp
-SpaceAfterCStyleCast: true
-# SpaceInEmptyBlock: true # too new
-Standard: Cpp11
-TabWidth: 4
-...