diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
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+self = false
+
+globals = {
+    "screen",
+    "mouse",
+    "root",
+    "client"
+}
+
+read_globals = {
+    "awesome",
+    "button",
+    "dbus",
+    "drawable",
+    "drawin",
+    "key",
+    "keygrabber",
+    "mousegrabber",
+    "selection",
+    "tag",
+    "window",
+    "table.unpack",
+    "math.atan2",
+}
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