diff --git a/TEMPLATES/.ecrc b/TEMPLATES/.ecrc
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+{
+  "Verbose": false,
+  "Debug": false,
+  "IgnoreDefaults": false,
+  "SpacesAftertabs": false,
+  "NoColor": false,
+  "exclude": ["testfiles"],
+  "AllowedContentTypes": [],
+  "PassedFiles": [],
+  "Disable": {
+    "EndOfLine": false,
+    "Indentation": false,
+    "InsertFinalNewline": false,
+    "TrimTrailingWhitespace": false,
+    "IndentSize": false,
+    "MaxLineLength": false
+  }
+}