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+[flake8]
+ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503
+# line length is intentionally set to 80 here because black uses Bugbear
+# See https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/README.md#line-length for more details
+max-line-length = 80
+max-complexity = 18
+select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9
+# We need to configure the mypy.ini because the flake8-mypy's default
+# options don't properly override it, so if we don't specify it we get
+# half of the config from mypy.ini and half from flake8-mypy.
+mypy_config = mypy.ini
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