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+[flake8]
+# Disable some formatted-related warnings that conflict with black's way of
+# formatting code.
+#
+# E203: Whitespace before ':'
+# E501: line too long
+# E701: Multiple statements on one line (colon)
+ignore = E203,E501,E701