diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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index 0000000..fa37d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
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+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude = .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*lib/python*,*egg,build