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+" Custom libguestfs indentation configuration for vim
+"
+" This configuration file requires localrc.vim to be installed. You can obtain
+" localrc.vim from http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1408
+
+set sw=2
+set ts=2
+set tw=80
+set expandtab