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 See the readme file in the ```./portable``` directory for more information.
 
 - The ```./include``` directory contains the real time kernel header files.
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+### Code Formatting
+FreeRTOS files are formatted using the "uncrustify" tool. The configuration file used by uncrustify can be found in the [FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS repository](https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS/blob/master/tools/uncrustify.cfg). 
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