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+# Example configuration for Black.
+
+# NOTE: you have to use single-quoted strings in TOML for regular expressions.
+# It's the equivalent of r-strings in Python.  Multiline strings are treated as
+# verbose regular expressions by Black.  Use [ ] to denote a significant space
+# character.
+
+[tool.black]
+skip-string-normalization = true