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-# customize style guide
-all
-rule "MD013", code_blocks: false, tables: false
-rule "MD029", style: "ordered"
-rule "MD046", style: "fenced"
-
-# Lesser rules
-exclude_rule "MD010" # hard tabs
-exclude_rule "MD013" # line length
-
-# Rule Exclusions
-exclude_rule "MD001" # Headers are useful in other ways
-exclude_rule "MD024" # Headers with same name are useful, but break link labeling (Rework needed on affected files before enabling this rule)
-exclude_rule "MD046" # seems broken