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+# Configuration file for cpp-dependencies
+# This is the example file that has all the default values listed.
+
+# Version that was current when this configuration file was written
+# Used to prevent a newer version with possibly incompatible generation from overwriting
+# cmakefiles automatically.
+versionUsed: 2
+
+# Company name to use in generated CMakeLists' copyright statement.
+companyName: OpenGeoSys Community (www.opengeosys.org)
+
+# Tag used in generated CMakeLists. Don't change unless you also update your CMakeLists.
+regenTag: GENERATED BY CPP-DEPENDENCIES
+
+
+# The next three items describe colors that will appear in the output graphs. Ensure you
+# use colors that the tools you will be using on the graphs understand.
+
+# Color used for cycles in the generated graphs
+cycleColor: red
+
+# Color used for public dependencies in the generated graphs
+publicDepColor: blue
+
+# Color used for private dependencies in the generated graphs
+privateDepColor: lightblue
+
+
+# Upper bound for the amount of outgoing component links from a single component.
+componentLinkLimit: 30
+
+# Lower bound for amount of code in a single component. Used to flag "empty" components.
+componentLocLowerLimit: 200
+
+# Upper bound for amount of code in a single component. Used to flag oversized components,
+# which typically harbor god class like behaviour, and hold multiple responsibilities.
+componentLocUpperLimit: 20000
+
+# Upper bound for file size. Large files are hard to understand and often contain multiple
+# logical units, which are then easy to mix up and conflate.
+fileLocUpperLimit: 2000
+
+# List of folder paths (from the root) that should be completely ignored. May contain multiple
+# space-separated values, including values with spaces escaped with quotation marks.
+blacklist: build Build "Visual Studio Projects" unistd.h console.h stdint.h windows.h library.h endian.h rle.h ThirdParty/logog/include/thread.hpp Applications/Utils SimpleTests ThirdParty