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+ # Disable badfuncs check that has tons of false positives.
+badfuncs:
+  exclude_path: .*
+
+# don't report changed content of compiled files
+# that is expected with every update
+changedfiles:
+  exclude_path: .*
+
+# completely disabled inspections:
+inspections:
+  # we know about our patches, no need to report anything
+  patches: off