black [OPTIONS] [SRC]...
Options:
- -l, --line-length INTEGER Where to wrap around. [default: 88]
- --py36 Allow using Python 3.6-only syntax on all input
- files. This will put trailing commas in function
- signatures and calls also after *args and
- **kwargs. [default: per-file auto-detection]
- --pyi Format all input files like typing stubs
- regardless of file extension (useful when piping
- source on standard input).
+ -l, --line-length INTEGER How many characters per line to allow.
+ [default: 88]
+ -t, --target-version [pypy35|cpy27|cpy33|cpy34|cpy35|cpy36|cpy37|cpy38]
+ Python versions that should be supported by
+ Black's output. [default: per-file auto-
+ detection]
+ --pyi Format all input files like typing stubs
+ regardless of file extension (useful when
+ piping source on standard input).
-S, --skip-string-normalization
- Don't normalize string quotes or prefixes.
- -N, --skip-numeric-underscore-normalization
- Don't normalize underscores in numeric literals.
- --check Don't write the files back, just return the
- status. Return code 0 means nothing would
- change. Return code 1 means some files would be
- reformatted. Return code 123 means there was an
- internal error.
- --diff Don't write the files back, just output a diff
- for each file on stdout.
- --fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity checks.
- [default: --safe]
- --include TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
- directories that should be included on
- recursive searches. On Windows, use forward
- slashes for directories. [default: \.pyi?$]
- --exclude TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
- directories that should be excluded on
- recursive searches. On Windows, use forward
- slashes for directories. [default:
- build/|buck-out/|dist/|_build/|\.git/|\.hg/|
- \.mypy_cache/|\.nox/|\.tox/|\.venv/]
- -q, --quiet Don't emit non-error messages to stderr. Errors
- are still emitted, silence those with
- 2>/dev/null.
- -v, --verbose Also emit messages to stderr about files
- that were not changed or were ignored due to
- --exclude=.
- --version Show the version and exit.
- --config PATH Read configuration from PATH.
- --help Show this message and exit.
+ Don't normalize string quotes or prefixes.
+ --check Don't write the files back, just return the
+ status. Return code 0 means nothing would
+ change. Return code 1 means some files
+ would be reformatted. Return code 123 means
+ there was an internal error.
+ --diff Don't write the files back, just output a
+ diff for each file on stdout.
+ --fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity
+ checks. [default: --safe]
+ --include TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
+ directories that should be included on
+ recursive searches. An empty value means
+ all files are included regardless of the
+ name. Use forward slashes for directories
+ on all platforms (Windows, too). Exclusions
+ are calculated first, inclusions later.
+ [default: \.pyi?$]
+ --exclude TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
+ directories that should be excluded on
+ recursive searches. An empty value means no
+ paths are excluded. Use forward slashes for
+ directories on all platforms (Windows, too).
+ Exclusions are calculated first, inclusions
+ later. [default: /(\.eggs|\.git|\.hg|\.mypy
+ _cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|_build|buck-
+ out|build|dist)/]
+ -q, --quiet Don't emit non-error messages to stderr.
+ Errors are still emitted, silence those with
+ 2>/dev/null.
+ -v, --verbose Also emit messages to stderr about files
+ that were not changed or were ignored due to
+ --exclude=.
+ --version Show the version and exit.
+ --config PATH Read configuration from PATH.
+ -h, --help Show this message and exit.
```
*Black* is a well-behaved Unix-style command-line tool:
```py3
# in:
-TracebackException.from_exception(exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals)
+ImportantClass.important_method(exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals, extra_argument)
# out:
-TracebackException.from_exception(
- exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals
+ImportantClass.important_method(
+ exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals, extra_argument
)
```
```py3
# in:
-def very_important_function(template: str, *variables, file: os.PathLike, debug: bool = False):
+def very_important_function(template: str, *variables, file: os.PathLike, engine: str, header: bool = True, debug: bool = False):
"""Applies `variables` to the `template` and writes to `file`."""
with open(file, 'w') as f:
...
template: str,
*variables,
file: os.PathLike,
+ engine: str,
+ header: bool = True,
debug: bool = False,
):
"""Applies `variables` to the `template` and writes to `file`."""
multi_line_output=3
include_trailing_comma=True
force_grid_wrap=0
-combine_as_imports=True
+use_parentheses=True
line_length=88
```
The equivalent command line is:
```
-$ isort --multi-line=3 --trailing-comma --force-grid-wrap=0 --combine-as --line-width=88 [ file.py ]
+$ isort --multi-line=3 --trailing-comma --force-grid-wrap=0 --use-parentheses --line-width=88 [ file.py ]
```
</details>
[#26](https://github.com/ambv/black/issues/26) for details).
Why settle on double quotes? They anticipate apostrophes in English
-text. They match the docstring standard described in PEP 257. An
-empty string in double quotes (`""`) is impossible to confuse with
+text. They match the docstring standard described in [PEP 257](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/#what-is-a-docstring).
+An empty string in double quotes (`""`) is impossible to confuse with
a one double-quote regardless of fonts and syntax highlighting used.
On top of this, double quotes for strings are consistent with C which
Python interacts a lot with.
*Black* standardizes most numeric literals to use lowercase letters for the
syntactic parts and uppercase letters for the digits themselves: `0xAB`
instead of `0XAB` and `1e10` instead of `1E10`. Python 2 long literals are
-styled as `2L` instead of `2l` to avoid confusion between `l` and `1`. In
-Python 3.6+, *Black* adds underscores to long numeric literals to aid
-readability: `100000000` becomes `100_000_000`.
+styled as `2L` instead of `2l` to avoid confusion between `l` and `1`.
-For regions where numerals are grouped differently (like [India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system)
-and [China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals#Whole_numbers)),
-the `-N` or `--skip-numeric-underscore-normalization` command line option
-makes *Black* preserve underscores in numeric literals.
### Line breaks & binary operators
If you're running with `--verbose`, you will see a blue message if
a file was found and used.
-Please note `blackd` will not use `pyproject.toml` configuration.
+Please note `blackd` will not use `pyproject.toml` configuration.
### Configuration format
```toml
[tool.black]
line-length = 88
-py36 = true
+target_version = ['cpy37']
include = '\.pyi?$'
exclude = '''
-/(
- \.git
- | \.hg
- | \.mypy_cache
- | \.tox
- | \.venv
- | _build
- | buck-out
- | build
- | dist
-
- # The following are specific to Black, you probably don't want those.
- | blib2to3
- | tests/data
-)/
+
+(
+ /(
+ \.eggs # exclude a few common directories in the
+ | \.git # root of the project
+ | \.hg
+ | \.mypy_cache
+ | \.tox
+ | \.venv
+ | _build
+ | buck-out
+ | build
+ | dist
+ )/
+ | foo.py # also separately exclude a file named foo.py in
+ # the root of the project
+)
'''
```
- Arguments: `$FilePath$`
- Output paths to refresh: `$FilePathRelativeToProjectRoot$`
- Working directory: `$ProjectFileDir$`
+ - Uncheck "Auto-save edited files to trigger the watcher"
### Vim
Use [sublack plugin](https://github.com/jgirardet/sublack).
-### IPython Notebook Magic
+### Jupyter Notebook Magic
Use [blackcellmagic](https://github.com/csurfer/blackcellmagic).
### Protocol
`blackd` only accepts `POST` requests at the `/` path. The body of the request
-should contain the python source code to be formatted, encoded
+should contain the python source code to be formatted, encoded
according to the `charset` field in the `Content-Type` request header. If no
`charset` is specified, `blackd` assumes `UTF-8`.
There are a few HTTP headers that control how the source is formatted. These
correspond to command line flags for *Black*. There is one exception to this:
`X-Protocol-Version` which if present, should have the value `1`, otherwise the
-request is rejected with `HTTP 501` (Not Implemented).
+request is rejected with `HTTP 501` (Not Implemented).
The headers controlling how code is formatted are:
- `X-Skip-String-Normalization`: corresponds to the `--skip-string-normalization`
command line flag. If present and its value is not the empty string, no string
normalization will be performed.
- - `X-Skip-Numeric-Underscore-Normalization`: corresponds to the
- `--skip-numeric-underscore-normalization` command line flag.
- `X-Fast-Or-Safe`: if set to `fast`, `blackd` will act as *Black* does when
passed the `--fast` command line flag.
- `X-Python-Variant`: if set to `pyi`, `blackd` will act as *Black* does when
passed the `--pyi` command line flag. Otherwise, its value must correspond to
- a Python version. If this value represents at least Python 3.6, `blackd` will
- act as *Black* does when passed the `--py36` command line flag.
+ a Python version or a set of comma-separated Python versions, optionally
+ prefixed with `cpy` or `pypy`. For example, to request code that is compatible
+ with PyPy 3.5 and CPython 3.5, set the header to `pypy3.5,cpy3.5`.
If any of these headers are set to invalid values, `blackd` returns a `HTTP 400`
error response, mentioning the name of the problematic header in the message body.
## Change Log
+### 19.2b0
+
+* removed `--py36` (use `--target-version=cpy36` instead) (#724)
+
+* long `del` statements are now split into multiple lines (#698)
+
+* *Black* no longer normalizes numeric literals to include `_` separators (#696)
+
+* new option `--target-version` to control which Python versions
+ *Black*-formatted code should target (#618)
+
### 18.9b0
* numeric literals are now formatted by *Black* (#452, #461, #464, #469):
* [Luka Sterbic](mailto:luka.sterbic@gmail.com)
* [Miguel Gaiowski](mailto:miggaiowski@gmail.com)
* [Miroslav Shubernetskiy](mailto:miroslav@miki725.com)
-* [Neraste](neraste.herr10@gmail.com)
+* [Neraste](mailto:neraste.herr10@gmail.com)
* [Osaetin Daniel](mailto:osaetindaniel@gmail.com)
* [Peter Bengtsson](mailto:mail@peterbe.com)
* [Stavros Korokithakis](mailto:hi@stavros.io)