--- a
+++ b/.editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+
+# pylint default setting is 100 chars (PEP8 recommends 79)
+[*.py]
+max_line_length = 100
+
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+
+[*.{js,html}]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+end_of_line = lf
+# editorconfig-tools is unable to ignore longs strings or urls
+max_line_length = null