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+---
+Language:        Cpp
+BasedOnStyle:  Google
+AccessModifierOffset: -4
+AlignAfterOpenBracket: AlwaysBreak
+AlignConsecutiveAssignments: true
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: None
+AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: Never
+AllowShortLambdasOnASingleLine: Empty
+AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: false
+BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: NonAssignment
+ColumnLimit:     100
+IndentWidth:     4
+IncludeBlocks: Preserve
+IndentGotoLabels: false
+NamespaceIndentation: All 
+...