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Note that when using the ``exclude_lines`` option in a configuration file, you
are taking control of the entire list of regexes, so you need to re-specify the
-default "pragma: no cover" match if you still want it to apply.
+default "pragma: no cover" match if you still want it to apply. The
+``exclude_also`` option can be used instead to preserve the default
+exclusions while adding new ones.
The regexes only have to match part of a line. Be careful not to over-match. A
value of ``...`` will match any line with more than three characters in it.