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+# EditorConfig configuration for nixpkgs
+# https://EditorConfig.org
+
+# Top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file, utf-8 charset
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+charset = utf-8
+
+# Ignore diffs/patches
+[*.{diff,patch}]
+end_of_line = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+# We want readFile .version to return the version without a newline.
+[.version]
+insert_final_newline = false
+
+# see https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-conventions
+
+# Match json/lockfiles/markdown/nix/perl/python/ruby/shell/docbook files, set indent to spaces
+[*.{json,lock,md,nix,pl,pm,py,rb,sh,xml}]
+indent_style = space
+
+# Match docbook files, set indent width of one
+[*.xml]
+indent_size = 1
+
+# Match json/lockfiles/markdown/nix/ruby files, set indent width of two
+[*.{json,lock,md,nix,rb}]
+indent_size = 2
+
+# Match perl/python/shell scripts, set indent width of four
+[*.{pl,pm,py,sh}]
+indent_size = 4
+
+# Match gemfiles, set indent to spaces with width of two
+[Gemfile]
+indent_size = 2
+indent_style = space
+
+# Disable file types or individual files
+# some of these files may be auto-generated and/or require significant changes
+
+[*.{c,h}]
+insert_final_newline = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[*.{asc,key,ovpn}]
+insert_final_newline = unset
+end_of_line = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[*.lock]
+indent_size = unset
+
+# Although Markdown/CommonMark allows using two trailing spaces to denote
+# a hard line break, we do not use that feature in nixpkgs since
+# it forces the surrounding paragraph to become a <literallayout> which
+# does not wrap reasonably.
+# Instead of a hard line break, start a new paragraph by inserting a blank line.
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+# binaries
+[*.nib]
+end_of_line = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+charset = unset
+
+[eggs.nix]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/*.{conf,in}]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[pkgs/build-support/dotnetenv/Wrapper/**]
+end_of_line = unset
+indent_style = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[pkgs/development/compilers/elm/registry.dat]
+end_of_line = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+
+[pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix]
+indent_style = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[pkgs/misc/documentation-highlighter/**]
+insert_final_newline = unset
+
+[pkgs/servers/dict/wordnet_structures.py]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[pkgs/tools/misc/timidity/timidity.cfg]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+
+[pkgs/tools/virtualization/ovftool/*.ova]
+end_of_line = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+charset = unset
+
+[lib/tests/*.plist]
+indent_style = tab
+insert_final_newline = unset
+
+[pkgs/kde/generated/**]
+insert_final_newline = unset
+end_of_line = unset