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+#
+# This file lists revisions that should be ignored when considering
+# attribution for the actual code written.  Code style changes should
+# not be considered as modifications with regards to attribution.
+#
+# To see clean and meaningful blame information.
+# $ git blame important.py --ignore-revs-file .git-blame-ignore-revs
+#
+# To configure git to automatically ignore revisions listed in a file
+# on every call to git blame.
+# $ git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
+#
+# Ignore changes introduced when doing global file format changes
+
+# Switch to uncrustify (#517)
+cfd179711f413aa8e0da9c2f437ad4f8938d5f70