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+---
+# Clang-Tidy configuration for libaaruformat
+# Enable useful checks while disabling overly strict/problematic ones
+
+Checks: >
+  bugprone-*,
+  cert-*,
+  clang-analyzer-*,
+  concurrency-*,
+  cppcoreguidelines-*,
+  misc-*,
+  performance-*,
+  portability-*,
+  readability-*,
+  -bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters,
+  -bugprone-narrowing-conversions,
+  -cert-err33-c,
+  -clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-init-variables,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-narrowing-conversions,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-array-to-pointer-decay,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-pointer-arithmetic,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-cstyle-cast,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,
+  -misc-include-cleaner,
+  -misc-unused-parameters,
+  -performance-no-int-to-ptr,
+  -portability-restrict-system-includes,
+  -readability-function-cognitive-complexity,
+  -readability-identifier-length,
+  -readability-isolate-declaration,
+  -readability-magic-numbers
+
+CheckOptions:
+  - key: bugprone-reserved-identifier.AllowedIdentifiers
+    value: '__.*'
+  - key: cert-dcl37-c.AggressiveDependentMemberLookup
+    value: 'false'
+  - key: cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers.IgnoredIntegerValues
+    value: '0;1;2;3;4;8;16;32;64;128;256;512;1024;2048;4096'
+  - key: cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers.IgnoredFloatingPointValues
+    value: '0.0;1.0;2.0'
+  - key: misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes.IgnoreClassesWithAllMemberVariablesBeingPublic
+    value: 'true'
+  - key: performance-move-const-arg.CheckTriviallyCopyableMove
+    value: 'false'
+  - key: readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
+    value: '2'
+  - key: readability-function-size.LineThreshold
+    value: '200'
+  - key: readability-function-size.StatementThreshold
+    value: '150'
+  - key: readability-function-size.BranchThreshold
+    value: '25'
+  - key: readability-function-size.ParameterThreshold
+    value: '8'
+  - key: readability-function-size.NestingThreshold
+    value: '6'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.FunctionCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.VariableCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.ParameterCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.LocalVariableCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.StructCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.UnionCase
+    value: 'lower_case'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.EnumCase
+    value: 'CamelCase'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.EnumConstantCase
+    value: 'CamelCase'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.MacroDefinitionCase
+    value: 'UPPER_CASE'
+  - key: readability-identifier-naming.GlobalConstantCase
+    value: 'UPPER_CASE'
+  - key: readability-simplify-boolean-expr.ChainedConditionalReturn
+    value: 'true'
+  - key: readability-simplify-boolean-expr.ChainedConditionalAssignment
+    value: 'true'
+
+WarningsAsErrors: ''
+HeaderFilterRegex: '(src|include)/.*\.(h|hpp)$'
+FormatStyle: file