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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
+#
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC.
+
+set noparent
+
+# We run "cros lint" on various files. For "C" files it runs a very simple
+# lint, but for C++ files it runs the chromium "cpplint.py" from depot_tools.
+# Both C and C++ header files end with ".h", so it ends up calling "cpplint.py"
+# for those as well.
+#
+# This is a third_party project, so applying all Chromium styles to it is not
+# always best. Let's disable a few to make our linted lives easier.
+
+# whitespace/tab - Warns about indenting with tabs.
+# runtime/int - Warns about using non-sized int types.
+# readability/casting - Warns about C (vs C++) style casting.
+# build/header_guard - Wants header guide to use C++ style comments "//".
+filter=-whitespace/tab,-runtime/int,-readability/casting,-build/header_guard