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+# Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+"""Makes sure that the chrome/ code is cpplint clean."""
+
+INCLUDE_CPP_FILES_ONLY = (
+  r'.*\.cc$', r'.*\.h$'
+)
+
+EXCLUDE = (
+  # Objective C confuses everything.
+  r'.*cocoa.*',
+  r'.*_mac\.(cc|h)$',
+  r'.*_mac_.*',
+  # All the messages files do weird multiple include trickery
+  r'.*_messages_internal\.h$',
+  r'render_messages.h$',
+  # Autogenerated window resources files are off limits
+  r'.*resource.h$',
+  # GTK macros in C-ish header code cause false positives
+  r'gtk_.*\.h$',
+  # Header trickery
+  r'.*-inl\.h$',
+  # Templates
+  r'sigslotrepeater\.h$',
+  # GCC attribute trickery
+  r'sel_main\.cc$',
+  # Mozilla code
+  r'mork_reader\.h$',
+  r'mork_reader\.cc$',
+  r'nss_decryptor_linux\.cc$',
+  # Has safe printf usage that cpplint complains about
+  r'safe_browsing_util\.cc$',
+  # Too much math on one line?
+  r'bloom_filter\.cc$',
+  # Bogus ifdef tricks
+  r'renderer_webkitclient_impl\.cc$',
+  r'temp_scaffolding_stubs\.h$',
+  # Lines > 100 chars
+  r'gcapi\.cc$',
+)
+
+def CheckChangeOnUpload(input_api, output_api):
+  results = []
+  black_list = input_api.DEFAULT_BLACK_LIST + EXCLUDE
+  sources = lambda x: input_api.FilterSourceFile(
+    x, white_list=INCLUDE_CPP_FILES_ONLY, black_list=black_list)
+  results.extend(input_api.canned_checks.CheckChangeLintsClean(
+      input_api, output_api, sources))
+  return results