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+# Specify analysis options.
+#
+# Until there are meta linter rules, each desired lint must be explicitly enabled.
+# See: https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/288
+#
+# For a list of lints, see: http://dart-lang.github.io/linter/lints/
+# See the configuration guide for more
+# https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/tree/master/pkg/analyzer#configuring-the-analyzer
+#
+# NOTE: Please keep this file in sync with
+# https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/.analysis_options
+
+analyzer:
+  language:
+    enableStrictCallChecks: true
+    enableSuperMixins: true
+    enableAssertInitializer: true
+  strong-mode:
+    implicit-dynamic: false
+  errors:
+    # treat missing required parameters as a warning (not a hint)
+    missing_required_param: warning
+    # treat missing returns as a warning (not a hint)
+    missing_return: warning
+    # allow having TODOs in the code
+    todo: ignore
+  exclude:
+    - 'bin/cache/**'
+    # the following two are relative to the stocks example and the flutter package respectively
+    # see https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/28463
+    - 'lib/i18n/stock_messages_*.dart'
+    - 'lib/src/http/**'
+
+linter:
+  rules:
+    # these rules are documented on and in the same order as
+    # the Dart Lint rules page to make maintenance easier
+    # http://dart-lang.github.io/linter/lints/
+
+    # === error rules ===
+    - avoid_empty_else
+    - avoid_slow_async_io
+    - cancel_subscriptions
+    # - close_sinks # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5789
+    # - comment_references # blocked on https://github.com/dart-lang/dartdoc/issues/1153
+    - control_flow_in_finally
+    - empty_statements
+    - hash_and_equals
+    # - invariant_booleans # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5790
+    - iterable_contains_unrelated_type
+    - list_remove_unrelated_type
+    # - literal_only_boolean_expressions # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5791
+    - no_adjacent_strings_in_list
+    - no_duplicate_case_values
+    - test_types_in_equals
+    - throw_in_finally
+    - unrelated_type_equality_checks
+    - valid_regexps
+
+    # === style rules ===
+    - always_declare_return_types
+    # - always_put_control_body_on_new_line
+    - always_require_non_null_named_parameters
+    - always_specify_types
+    - annotate_overrides
+    # - avoid_annotating_with_dynamic # not yet tested
+    - avoid_as
+    # - avoid_catches_without_on_clauses # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_catching_errors # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_classes_with_only_static_members # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_function_literals_in_foreach_calls # not yet tested
+    - avoid_init_to_null
+    - avoid_null_checks_in_equality_operators
+    # - avoid_positional_boolean_parameters # not yet tested
+    - avoid_return_types_on_setters
+    # - avoid_returning_null # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_returning_this # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_setters_without_getters # not yet tested
+    # - avoid_types_on_closure_parameters # not yet tested
+    - await_only_futures
+    - camel_case_types
+    # - cascade_invocations # not yet tested
+    # - constant_identifier_names # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/204
+    - directives_ordering
+    - empty_catches
+    - empty_constructor_bodies
+    - implementation_imports
+    # - join_return_with_assignment # not yet tested
+    - library_names
+    - library_prefixes
+    - non_constant_identifier_names
+    # - omit_local_variable_types # opposite of always_specify_types
+    # - one_member_abstracts # too many false positives
+    # - only_throw_errors # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5792
+    - overridden_fields
+    - package_api_docs
+    - package_prefixed_library_names
+    # - parameter_assignments # we do this commonly
+    - prefer_adjacent_string_concatenation
+    - prefer_collection_literals
+    # - prefer_conditional_assignment # not yet tested
+    - prefer_const_constructors
+    # - prefer_constructors_over_static_methods # not yet tested
+    - prefer_contains
+    # - prefer_expression_function_bodies # conflicts with https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Style-guide-for-Flutter-repo#consider-using--for-short-functions-and-methods
+    # - prefer_final_fields # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/506
+    - prefer_final_locals
+    # - prefer_foreach # not yet tested
+    # - prefer_function_declarations_over_variables # not yet tested
+    - prefer_initializing_formals
+    # - prefer_interpolation_to_compose_strings # not yet tested
+    - prefer_is_empty
+    - prefer_is_not_empty
+    # - public_member_api_docs # this is the only difference from .analysis_options_repo
+    # - recursive_getters # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/452
+    - slash_for_doc_comments
+    - sort_constructors_first
+    - sort_unnamed_constructors_first
+    - super_goes_last
+    # - type_annotate_public_apis # subset of always_specify_types
+    - type_init_formals
+    # - unawaited_futures # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/5793
+    - unnecessary_brace_in_string_interps
+    - unnecessary_getters_setters
+    # - unnecessary_lambdas # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/498
+    - unnecessary_null_aware_assignments
+    - unnecessary_null_in_if_null_operators
+    # - unnecessary_overrides # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/626 and https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/issues/627
+    - unnecessary_this
+    - use_rethrow_when_possible
+    # - use_setters_to_change_properties # not yet tested
+    # - use_string_buffers # https://github.com/dart-lang/linter/pull/664
+    # - use_to_and_as_if_applicable # has false positives, so we prefer to catch this by code-review
+
+    # === pub rules ===
+    - package_names