Fix type annotation for gitignore pathspec (#3416)

[etc/vim.git] / docs / usage_and_configuration / the_basics.md

diff --git a/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md b/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md
index 49268b44f7c03da4d175269c81f2cc69617c3469..3dab644f2c8bcf1b16cfde0ee5bf75af56eb72ee 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md
+++ b/docs/usage_and_configuration/the_basics.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Foundational knowledge on using and configuring Black.
 
 _Black_ is a well-behaved Unix-style command-line tool:
 
-- it does nothing if no sources are passed to it;
+- it does nothing if it finds no sources to format;
 - it will read from standard input and write to standard output if `-` is used as the
   filename;
 - it only outputs messages to users on standard error;
-- exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred (or `--check` was used).
+- exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred or a CLI option prompted it.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ python -m black {source_file_or_directory}
 
 ### Command line options
 
-_Black_ has quite a few knobs these days, although _Black_ is opinionated so style
-configuration options are deliberately limited and rarely added. You can list them by
-running `black --help`.
+The CLI options of _Black_ can be displayed by expanding the view below or by running
+`black --help`. While _Black_ has quite a few knobs these days, it is still opinionated
+so style options are deliberately limited and rarely added.
 
 <details>
 
-<summary>Help output</summary>
+<summary>CLI reference</summary>
 
 ```{program-output} black --help
 
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ _Black_ to just tell you what it _would_ do without actually rewriting the Pytho
 There's two variations to this mode that are independently enabled by their respective
 flags. Both variations can be enabled at once.
 
+(labels/exit-code)=
+
 #### Exit code
 
 Passing `--check` will make _Black_ exit with:
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ You can check the version of _Black_ you have installed using the `--version` fl
 
 ```console
 $ black --version
-black, version 21.9b0
+black, version 22.12.0
 ```
 
 An option to require a specific version to be running is also provided.
@@ -204,9 +206,10 @@ code in compliance with many other _Black_ formatted projects.
 
 [PEP 518](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/) defines `pyproject.toml` as a
 configuration file to store build system requirements for Python projects. With the help
-of tools like [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) or
-[Flit](https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) it can fully replace the need for
-`setup.py` and `setup.cfg` files.
+of tools like [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/),
+[Flit](https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), or
+[Hatch](https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/) it can fully replace the need for `setup.py` and
+`setup.cfg` files.
 
 ### Where _Black_ looks for the file
 
@@ -259,10 +262,14 @@ expressions by Black. Use `[ ]` to denote a significant space character.
 line-length = 88
 target-version = ['py37']
 include = '\.pyi?$'
+# 'extend-exclude' excludes files or directories in addition to the defaults
 extend-exclude = '''
 # A regex preceded with ^/ will apply only to files and directories
 # in the root of the project.
-^/foo.py  # exclude a file named foo.py in the root of the project (in addition to the defaults)
+(
+  ^/foo.py    # exclude a file named foo.py in the root of the project
+  | .*_pb2.py  # exclude autogenerated Protocol Buffer files anywhere in the project
+)
 '''
 ```