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+---
+Checks:          '
+
+-*,
+
+boost-*,
+-boost-use-ranges,
+
+bugprone-*,
+-bugprone-branch-clone,
+-bugprone-exception-escape,
+-bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters,
+-bugprone-crtp-constructor-accessibility,
+-bugprone-implicit-widening-of-multiplication-result,
+-bugprone-macro-parentheses,
+-bugprone-narrowing-conversions,
+-bugprone-switch-missing-default-case,
+-bugprone-assignment-in-if-condition,
+-bugprone-reserved-identifier,
+
+misc-*,
+-misc-misplaced-const,
+-misc-const-correctness,
+-misc-unused-parameters,
+-misc-no-recursion,
+-misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes,
+-misc-include-cleaner,
+-misc-header-include-cycle,
+-misc-use-internal-linkage,
+-misc-use-anonymous-namespace,
+
+modernize-*,
+-modernize-use-auto,
+-modernize-loop-convert,
+-modernize-pass-by-value,
+-modernize-raw-string-literal,
+-modernize-use-using,
+-modernize-avoid-bind,
+-modernize-return-braced-init-list,
+-modernize-min-max-use-initializer-list,
+-modernize-use-transparent-functors,
+-modernize-redundant-void-arg,
+-modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
+-modernize-use-default-member-init,
+-modernize-use-equals-delete,
+-modernize-macro-to-enum,
+-modernize-avoid-c-arrays,
+-modernize-concat-nested-namespaces,
+-modernize-use-nodiscard,
+-modernize-type-traits,
+-modernize-make-shared,
+
+mpi-*,
+-mpi-type-mismatch,
+
+openmp-*,
+-openmp-exception-escape,
+-openmp-use-default-none,
+
+performance-*,
+-performance-enum-size,
+-performance-noexcept-swap,
+-performance-move-const-arg,
+-performance-unnecessary-value-param,
+-performance-avoid-endl,
+-performance-no-int-to-ptr,
+
+portability-*,
+
+readability-container-size-empty,
+readability-delete-null-pointer,
+readability-deleted-default,
+readability-misplaced-array-index,
+readability-non-const-parameter,
+readability-redundant-control-flow,
+readability-redundant-declaration,
+readability-redundant-function-ptr-dereference,
+readability-redundant-preprocessor,
+readability-redundant-smartptr-get,
+readability-redundant-string-cstr,
+readability-simplify-subscript-expr,
+readability-static-accessed-through-instance,
+readability-static-definition-in-anonymous-namespace,
+readability-string-compare,
+readability-uniqueptr-delete-release,
+readability-use-anyofallof
+
+'
+WarningsAsErrors: '*'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '.*'
+...
+