diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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----
-BasedOnStyle:		LLVM
-BreakBeforeBraces:	Linux
-IndentWidth:		8
-IncludeBlocks:		Regroup
-IncludeCategories:
-  - Regex:	'^"'
-    Priority:	5
-  - Regex:	'^<(dns|ns|irs|isccc|iscfg)/'
-    Priority:   4
-  - Regex:	'^<isc/'
-    Priority:	3
-  - Regex:	'.*'
-    Priority:	2
-  - Regex:	'^<config.h>'
-    Priority:   1
-KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
-MaxEmptyLinesToKeep: 1
-PenaltyBreakBeforeFirstCallParameter: 100
-ContinuationIndentWidth: 8
-AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: TopLevel
-Standard:		Cpp11
-TabWidth:		8
-UseTab:			ForContinuationAndIndentation
-ColumnLimit:		80
-IndentCaseLabels:	false
-AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine:	false
-AlignTrailingComments:	true
-AlignOperands:		true
-AlignConsecutiveAssignments:	true
-AlignConsecutiveDeclarations:	true
-AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: false
-AlwaysBreakAfterDefinitionReturnType: TopLevel
-AlignAfterOpenBracket: Align
-CommentPragmas: 'Copyright'
-BreakBeforeTernaryOperators: false
-...