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+[flake8]
+# References:
+# http://flake8.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config.html
+# http://flake8.readthedocs.org/en/latest/warnings.html#error-codes
+#
+# Style checks turned on:
+#   F - all pyflake errors
+#   E101 - indentation contains mixed spaces and tabs
+#   E111 - indentation is not a multiple of four
+#   E501 - line too long (see max-line-length)
+
+# Note: there cannot be spaces after comma's here
+exclude = __init__.py
+ignore = E,W
+select = F,E101,E111,E501
+max-line-length = 165
+
+[tool:pytest]
+norecursedirs = build _build node_modules
+python_files = *_tests.py *_test.py test_*.py