X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/16275d24e3c2ad88d953d67e7d8795fd7f73f7cb..3800ebd81df6a1c31d1eac8cc15899537b9cbb61:/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 4b68ad7..48dda3b 100644 --- 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.
-Help output +CLI reference ```{program-output} black --help @@ -173,13 +173,13 @@ You can check the version of _Black_ you have installed using the `--version` fl ```console $ black --version -black, version 21.8b0 +black, version 22.1.0 ``` An option to require a specific version to be running is also provided. ```console -$ black --required-version 21.8b0 -c "format = 'this'" +$ black --required-version 21.9b0 -c "format = 'this'" format = "this" $ black --required-version 31.5b2 -c "still = 'beta?!'" Oh no! 💥 💔 💥 The required version does not match the running version!