diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 119
+ignore = E203,E266,W503,W504
+max-complexity = 10
+exclude = .git,__pycache__,docs/source/conf.py,dist,venv,.venv,.tox,build