Document new Microsoft Black Formatter extension for VSCode (#3063)

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

diff --git a/docs/usage_and_configuration/file_collection_and_discovery.md b/docs/usage_and_configuration/file_collection_and_discovery.md
index 1f436182dda415a92e84acb44f9299b19b6af58d..de1d5e6c11ef61c430db24429f8b51a69e887465 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/usage_and_configuration/file_collection_and_discovery.md
+++ b/docs/usage_and_configuration/file_collection_and_discovery.md
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ run. The file is non-portable. The standard location on common operating systems
 `file-mode` is an int flag that determines whether the file was formatted as 3.6+ only,
 as .pyi, and whether string normalization was omitted.
 
-To override the location of these files on macOS or Linux, set the environment variable
+To override the location of these files on all systems, set the environment variable
+`BLACK_CACHE_DIR` to the preferred location. Alternatively on macOS and Linux, set
 `XDG_CACHE_HOME` to your preferred location. For example, if you want to put the cache
-in the directory you're running _Black_ from, set `XDG_CACHE_HOME=.cache`. _Black_ will
-then write the above files to `.cache/black/<version>/`.
+in the directory you're running _Black_ from, set `BLACK_CACHE_DIR=.cache/black`.
+_Black_ will then write the above files to `.cache/black`. Note that `BLACK_CACHE_DIR`
+will take precedence over `XDG_CACHE_HOME` if both are set.
 
 ## .gitignore