diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
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index 0000000..57aae07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
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+((nil (tab-width . 8))
+ (lua-mode (indent-tabs-mode . t)
+	   (lua-indent-level . 8)
+	   (lua-indent-close-paren-align . nil)
+	   (lua-indent-nested-block-content-align . nil)))
diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
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+++ b/.luacheckrc
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+---*- mode: lua -*-
+read_globals = {
+	"advtrains", "doc", "dlxtrains", "minetest",
+	"table" = {
+		fields = {"copy"},
+	},
+}