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+Checks: 'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyser-*,-clang-diagnostic-unused-command-line-argument,google-*,bugprone-*,modernize-*,performance-*,portability-*,readability-*,-bugprone-easily-swappable-*,-readability-magic-numbers,-google-readability-todo'
+WarningsAsErrors: 'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyser-*,-clang-diagnostic-unused-command-line-argument,google-*,bugprone-*,modernize-*,performance-*,portability-*,readability-*,-bugprone-easily-swappable-*,-readability-magic-numbers,-google-readability-todo'
+CheckOptions:
+  - key:             readability-function-cognitive-complexity.Threshold
+    value:           '50'
+
+# vim:syntax=yaml