Every time clang-tidy is invoked we pass a list of enabled checks right now. Sometimes this list can be huge: [1]

Solution:
* Use minus sign (i.e. -checks=*,-unwanted_check_1,-unwanted_check_2)
* Use JSON file to store enabled checks (i believe clang-tidy has this option).

This should improve overall performance of analysis with this tool.

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[1]
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