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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="SS3">
+	<description>Coding standard for SilverStripe 3.x</description>
+
+	<!-- Don't sniff third party libraries -->
+	<exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>*/thirdparty/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern type="relative">^index.php</exclude-pattern>
+
+	<!-- Show progress and output sniff names on violation, and add colours -->
+	<arg value="sp"/>
+	<arg name="colors"/>
+
+	<!-- Use PSR-2 as a base standard -->
+	<rule ref="PSR2">
+		<!-- Allow classes to not declare a namespace -->
+		<exclude name="PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration.MissingNamespace"/>
+
+		<!-- Allow underscores in class names -->
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Classes.ValidClassName.NotCamelCaps"/>
+
+		<!-- Allow non camel cased method names -->
+		<exclude name="PSR1.Methods.CamelCapsMethodName.NotCamelCaps"/>
+	</rule>
+</ruleset>