diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
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--- a/tslint.json
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-{
-  "rules": {
-    "class-name": true,
-    "comment-format": [true, "check-space"],
-    "indent": [true, "spaces"],
-    "no-duplicate-variable": true,
-    "no-eval": true,
-    "no-internal-module": true,
-    "no-trailing-whitespace": true,
-    "no-var-keyword": false,
-    "one-line": [true, "check-open-brace", "check-whitespace"],
-    "quotemark": [true, "single"],
-    "semicolon": [true, "always", "ignore-bound-class-methods"],
-    "triple-equals": [true, "allow-null-check"],
-    "typedef-whitespace": [true, {
-      "call-signature": "nospace",
-      "index-signature": "nospace",
-      "parameter": "nospace",
-      "property-declaration": "nospace",
-      "variable-declaration": "nospace"
-    }],
-    "variable-name": [true, "ban-keywords"],
-    "whitespace": [true,
-      "check-branch",
-      "check-decl",
-      "check-operator",
-      "check-separator",
-      "check-type"
-    ],
-    "trailing-comma": [true, {"multiline": {
-      "arrays": "always",
-      "exports": "always",
-      "functions": "always",
-      "imports": "always",
-      "objects": "always",
-      "typeLiterals": "always"
-    }, "singleline": "never"}]
-  }
-}
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