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@@ -96,3 +96,45 @@ Note in the LLVM alias, the default value is `false`.
   matched against only the type name (i.e. ``Type``). E.g. to suppress reports
   for ``std::array`` iterators use `std::array<.*>::(const_)?iterator` string.
   The default is an empty string.
+
+.. option:: IgnoreAliasing
+
+  If set to `true` the check will use the underlying type to determine the type
+  that ``auto`` is deduced to. If set to `false` the check will not look beyond
+  the first type alias.
+  Default value is `true`.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+  using IntPtr = int*;
+  IntPtr foo();
+
+  auto bar = foo();
+
+If :option:`IgnoreAliasing` is set to `true`, it will be transformed into:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+  auto *bar = foo();
+
+Otherwise no changes will occur.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+When :option:`IgnoreAliasing` is set to `false`, there are cases where
+Clang has not preserved the type alias and the underlying type will be used so
+false positives may occur.
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5chmidti wrote:

Nit: 'be used, so false'

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/147060
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