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The Uncompromising Code Formatter

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+> “Any color you like.” -*Black* is the uncompromising Python code formatter. By using it, you -agree to cease control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, -*Black* gives you speed, determinism, and freedom from `pycodestyle` -nagging about formatting. You will save time and mental energy for -more important matters. +_Black_ is the uncompromising Python code formatter. By using it, you agree to cede +control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, _Black_ gives you speed, +determinism, and freedom from `pycodestyle` nagging about formatting. You will save time +and mental energy for more important matters. -Blackened code looks the same regardless of the project you're reading. -Formatting becomes transparent after a while and you can focus on the -content instead. +Blackened code looks the same regardless of the project you're reading. Formatting +becomes transparent after a while and you can focus on the content instead. -*Black* makes code review faster by producing the smallest diffs -possible. +_Black_ makes code review faster by producing the smallest diffs possible. +Try it out now using the [Black Playground](https://black.now.sh). Watch the +[PyCon 2019 talk](https://youtu.be/esZLCuWs_2Y) to learn more. -## NOTE: This is an early pre-release +--- -*Black* can already successfully format itself and the standard library. -It also sports a decent test suite. However, it is still very new. -Things will probably be wonky for a while. This is made explicit by the -"Alpha" trove classifier, as well as by the "a" in the version number. -What this means for you is that **until the formatter becomes stable, -you should expect some formatting to change in the future**. +_Contents:_ **[Installation and usage](#installation-and-usage)** | +**[Code style](#the-black-code-style)** | **[Pragmatism](#pragmatism)** | +**[pyproject.toml](#pyprojecttoml)** | **[Editor integration](#editor-integration)** | +**[blackd](#blackd)** | **[Version control integration](#version-control-integration)** +| **[Ignoring unmodified files](#ignoring-unmodified-files)** | **[Used by](#used-by)** +| **[Testimonials](#testimonials)** | **[Show your style](#show-your-style)** | +**[Contributing](#contributing-to-black)** | **[Change Log](#change-log)** | +**[Authors](#authors)** -Also, as a temporary safety measure, *Black* will check that the -reformatted code still produces a valid AST that is equivalent to the -original. This slows it down. If you're feeling confident, use -``--fast``. +--- +## Installation and usage -## Usage +### Installation -*Black* can be installed by running `pip install black`. +_Black_ can be installed by running `pip install black`. It requires Python 3.6.0+ to +run but you can reformat Python 2 code with it, too. +### Usage + +To get started right away with sensible defaults: + +``` +black {source_file_or_directory} ``` + +### Command line options + +_Black_ doesn't provide many options. You can list them by running `black --help`: + +```text black [OPTIONS] [SRC]... Options: - -l, --line-length INTEGER Where to wrap around. [default: 88] - --fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity checks. - [default: --safe] - --version Show the version and exit. - --help Show this message and exit. + -c, --code TEXT Format the code passed in as a string. + -l, --line-length INTEGER How many characters per line to allow. + [default: 88] + -t, --target-version [py27|py33|py34|py35|py36|py37|py38] + Python versions that should be supported by + Black's output. [default: per-file auto- + detection] + --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. Deprecated; use + --target-version instead. [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. + --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: -## The philosophy behind *Black* +- it does nothing if no sources are passed to it; +- 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). -*Black* reformats entire files in place. It is not configurable. It -doesn't take previous formatting into account. It doesn't reformat -blocks that start with `# fmt: off` and end with `# fmt: on`. It also -recognizes [YAPF](https://github.com/google/yapf)'s block comments to -the same effect, as a courtesy for straddling code. +### NOTE: This is a beta product +_Black_ is already [successfully used](#used-by) by many projects, small and big. It +also sports a decent test suite. However, it is still very new. Things will probably be +wonky for a while. This is made explicit by the "Beta" trove classifier, as well as by +the "b" in the version number. What this means for you is that **until the formatter +becomes stable, you should expect some formatting to change in the future**. That being +said, no drastic stylistic changes are planned, mostly responses to bug reports. -### How *Black* formats files +Also, as a temporary safety measure, _Black_ will check that the reformatted code still +produces a valid AST that is equivalent to the original. This slows it down. If you're +feeling confident, use `--fast`. -*Black* ignores previous formatting and applies uniform horizontal -and vertical whitespace to your code. The rules for horizontal -whitespace are pretty obvious and can be summarized as: do whatever -makes `pycodestyle` happy. +## The _Black_ code style + +_Black_ reformats entire files in place. It is not configurable. It doesn't take +previous formatting into account. It doesn't reformat blocks that start with +`# fmt: off` and end with `# fmt: on`. `# fmt: on/off` have to be on the same level of +indentation. It also recognizes [YAPF](https://github.com/google/yapf)'s block comments +to the same effect, as a courtesy for straddling code. + +### How _Black_ wraps lines + +_Black_ ignores previous formatting and applies uniform horizontal and vertical +whitespace to your code. The rules for horizontal whitespace can be summarized as: do +whatever makes `pycodestyle` happy. The coding style used by _Black_ can be viewed as a +strict subset of PEP 8. + +As for vertical whitespace, _Black_ tries to render one full expression or simple +statement per line. If this fits the allotted line length, great. -As for vertical whitespace, *Black* tries to render one full expression -or simple statement per line. If this fits the allotted line length, -great. ```py3 # in: -l = [1, + +j = [1, 2, - 3, + 3 ] # out: -l = [1, 2, 3] + +j = [1, 2, 3] ``` -If not, *Black* will look at the contents of the first outer matching -brackets and put that in a separate indented line. +If not, _Black_ will look at the contents of the first outer matching brackets and put +that in a separate indented line. + ```py3 # in: -l = [[n for n in list_bosses()], [n for n in list_employees()]] + +ImportantClass.important_method(exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals, extra_argument) # out: -l = [ - [n for n in list_bosses()], [n for n in list_employees()] -] + +ImportantClass.important_method( + exc, limit, lookup_lines, capture_locals, extra_argument +) ``` -If that still doesn't fit the bill, it will decompose the internal -expression further using the same rule, indenting matching brackets -every time. If the contents of the matching brackets pair are -comma-separated (like an argument list, or a dict literal, and so on) -then *Black* will first try to keep them on the same line with the -matching brackets. If that doesn't work, it will put all of them in -separate lines. +If that still doesn't fit the bill, it will decompose the internal expression further +using the same rule, indenting matching brackets every time. If the contents of the +matching brackets pair are comma-separated (like an argument list, or a dict literal, +and so on) then _Black_ will first try to keep them on the same line with the matching +brackets. If that doesn't work, it will put all of them in separate lines. + ```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: ... # out: + 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: + with open(file, "w") as f: ... ``` -You might have noticed that closing brackets are always dedented and -that a trailing comma is always added. Such formatting produces smaller -diffs; when you add or remove an element, it's always just one line. -Also, having the closing bracket dedented provides a clear delimiter -between two distinct sections of the code that otherwise share the same -indentation level (like the arguments list and the docstring in the -example above). +You might have noticed that closing brackets are always dedented and that a trailing +comma is always added. Such formatting produces smaller diffs; when you add or remove an +element, it's always just one line. Also, having the closing bracket dedented provides a +clear delimiter between two distinct sections of the code that otherwise share the same +indentation level (like the arguments list and the docstring in the example above). + +If a data structure literal (tuple, list, set, dict) or a line of "from" imports cannot +fit in the allotted length, it's always split into one element per line. This minimizes +diffs as well as enables readers of code to find which commit introduced a particular +entry. This also makes _Black_ compatible with [isort](https://pypi.org/p/isort/) with +the following configuration. -Unnecessary trailing commas are removed if an expression fits in one -line. This makes it 1% more likely that your line won't exceed the -allotted line length limit. +
+A compatible `.isort.cfg` + +``` +[settings] +multi_line_output=3 +include_trailing_comma=True +force_grid_wrap=0 +use_parentheses=True +line_length=88 +``` -*Black* avoids spurious vertical whitespace. This is in the spirit of -PEP 8 which says that in-function vertical whitespace should only be -used sparingly. One exception is control flow statements: *Black* will -always emit an extra empty line after ``return``, ``raise``, ``break``, -``continue``, and ``yield``. This is to make changes in control flow -more prominent to readers of your code. +The equivalent command line is: -That's it. The rest of the whitespace formatting rules follow PEP 8 and -are designed to keep `pycodestyle` quiet. +``` +$ isort --multi-line=3 --trailing-comma --force-grid-wrap=0 --use-parentheses --line-width=88 [ file.py ] +``` +
### Line length -You probably noticed the peculiar default line length. *Black* defaults -to 88 characters per line, which happens to be 10% over 80. This number -was found to produce significantly shorter files than sticking with 80 -(the most popular), or even 79 (used by the standard library). In -general, [90-ish seems like the wise choice](https://youtu.be/wf-BqAjZb8M?t=260). - -If you're paid by the line of code you write, you can pass -`--line-length` with a lower number. *Black* will try to respect that. -However, sometimes it won't be able to without breaking other rules. In -those rare cases, auto-formatted code will exceed your allotted limit. - -You can also increase it, but remember that people with sight disabilities -find it harder to work with line lengths exceeding 100 characters. -It also adversely affects side-by-side diff review on typical screen -resolutions. Long lines also make it harder to present code neatly -in documentation or talk slides. - -If you're using Flake8, you can bump `max-line-length` to 88 and forget -about it. Alternatively, use [Bugbear](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear)'s -B950 warning instead of E501 and keep the max line length at 80 which -you are probably already using. You'd do it like this: +You probably noticed the peculiar default line length. _Black_ defaults to 88 characters +per line, which happens to be 10% over 80. This number was found to produce +significantly shorter files than sticking with 80 (the most popular), or even 79 (used +by the standard library). In general, +[90-ish seems like the wise choice](https://youtu.be/wf-BqAjZb8M?t=260). + +If you're paid by the line of code you write, you can pass `--line-length` with a lower +number. _Black_ will try to respect that. However, sometimes it won't be able to without +breaking other rules. In those rare cases, auto-formatted code will exceed your allotted +limit. + +You can also increase it, but remember that people with sight disabilities find it +harder to work with line lengths exceeding 100 characters. It also adversely affects +side-by-side diff review on typical screen resolutions. Long lines also make it harder +to present code neatly in documentation or talk slides. + +If you're using Flake8, you can bump `max-line-length` to 88 and forget about it. +Alternatively, use [Bugbear](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear)'s B950 warning +instead of E501 and keep the max line length at 80 which you are probably already using. +You'd do it like this: + ```ini [flake8] max-line-length = 80 ... select = C,E,F,W,B,B950 -ignore = E501 +ignore = E203, E501, W503 ``` -You'll find *Black*'s own .flake8 config file is configured like this. -If you're curious about the reasoning behind B950, Bugbear's documentation -explains it. The tl;dr is "it's like highway speed limits, we won't -bother you if you overdo it by a few km/h". +You'll find _Black_'s own .flake8 config file is configured like this. Explanation of +why W503 and E203 are disabled can be found further in this documentation. And if you're +curious about the reasoning behind B950, +[Bugbear's documentation](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear#opinionated-warnings) +explains it. The tl;dr is "it's like highway speed limits, we won't bother you if you +overdo it by a few km/h". +**If you're looking for a minimal, black-compatible flake8 configuration:** -### Editor integration +```ini +[flake8] +max-line-length = 88 +extend-ignore = E203 +``` -There is currently no integration with any text editors. Vim and -Atom/Nuclide integration is planned by the author, others will require -external contributions. +### Empty lines -Patches welcome! ✨ 🍰 ✨ +_Black_ avoids spurious vertical whitespace. This is in the spirit of PEP 8 which says +that in-function vertical whitespace should only be used sparingly. + +_Black_ will allow single empty lines inside functions, and single and double empty +lines on module level left by the original editors, except when they're within +parenthesized expressions. Since such expressions are always reformatted to fit minimal +space, this whitespace is lost. +It will also insert proper spacing before and after function definitions. It's one line +before and after inner functions and two lines before and after module-level functions +and classes. _Black_ will not put empty lines between function/class definitions and +standalone comments that immediately precede the given function/class. -## Testimonials +_Black_ will enforce single empty lines between a class-level docstring and the first +following field or method. This conforms to +[PEP 257](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/#multi-line-docstrings). + +_Black_ won't insert empty lines after function docstrings unless that empty line is +required due to an inner function starting immediately after. + +### Trailing commas + +_Black_ will add trailing commas to expressions that are split by comma where each +element is on its own line. This includes function signatures. + +Unnecessary trailing commas are removed if an expression fits in one line. This makes it +1% more likely that your line won't exceed the allotted line length limit. Moreover, in +this scenario, if you added another argument to your call, you'd probably fit it in the +same line anyway. That doesn't make diffs any larger. + +One exception to removing trailing commas is tuple expressions with just one element. In +this case _Black_ won't touch the single trailing comma as this would unexpectedly +change the underlying data type. Note that this is also the case when commas are used +while indexing. This is a tuple in disguise: `numpy_array[3, ]`. + +One exception to adding trailing commas is function signatures containing `*`, `*args`, +or `**kwargs`. In this case a trailing comma is only safe to use on Python 3.6. _Black_ +will detect if your file is already 3.6+ only and use trailing commas in this situation. +If you wonder how it knows, it looks for f-strings and existing use of trailing commas +in function signatures that have stars in them. In other words, if you'd like a trailing +comma in this situation and _Black_ didn't recognize it was safe to do so, put it there +manually and _Black_ will keep it. + +### Strings + +_Black_ prefers double quotes (`"` and `"""`) over single quotes (`'` and `'''`). It +will replace the latter with the former as long as it does not result in more backslash +escapes than before. + +_Black_ also standardizes string prefixes, making them always lowercase. On top of that, +if your code is already Python 3.6+ only or it's using the `unicode_literals` future +import, _Black_ will remove `u` from the string prefix as it is meaningless in those +scenarios. + +The main reason to standardize on a single form of quotes is aesthetics. Having one kind +of quotes everywhere reduces reader distraction. It will also enable a future version of +_Black_ to merge consecutive string literals that ended up on the same line (see +[#26](https://github.com/psf/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](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. + +On certain keyboard layouts like US English, typing single quotes is a bit easier than +double quotes. The latter requires use of the Shift key. My recommendation here is to +keep using whatever is faster to type and let _Black_ handle the transformation. + +If you are adopting _Black_ in a large project with pre-existing string conventions +(like the popular +["single quotes for data, double quotes for human-readable strings"](https://stackoverflow.com/a/56190)), +you can pass `--skip-string-normalization` on the command line. This is meant as an +adoption helper, avoid using this for new projects. + +### Numeric literals + +_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`. + +### Line breaks & binary operators + +_Black_ will break a line before a binary operator when splitting a block of code over +multiple lines. This is so that _Black_ is compliant with the recent changes in the +[PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#should-a-line-break-before-or-after-a-binary-operator) +style guide, which emphasizes that this approach improves readability. + +This behaviour may raise `W503 line break before binary operator` warnings in style +guide enforcement tools like Flake8. Since `W503` is not PEP 8 compliant, you should +tell Flake8 to ignore these warnings. + +### Slices + +PEP 8 +[recommends](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#whitespace-in-expressions-and-statements) +to treat `:` in slices as a binary operator with the lowest priority, and to leave an +equal amount of space on either side, except if a parameter is omitted (e.g. +`ham[1 + 1 :]`). It also states that for extended slices, both `:` operators have to +have the same amount of spacing, except if a parameter is omitted (`ham[1 + 1 ::]`). +_Black_ enforces these rules consistently. + +This behaviour may raise `E203 whitespace before ':'` warnings in style guide +enforcement tools like Flake8. Since `E203` is not PEP 8 compliant, you should tell +Flake8 to ignore these warnings. + +### Parentheses + +Some parentheses are optional in the Python grammar. Any expression can be wrapped in a +pair of parentheses to form an atom. There are a few interesting cases: + +- `if (...):` +- `while (...):` +- `for (...) in (...):` +- `assert (...), (...)` +- `from X import (...)` +- assignments like: + - `target = (...)` + - `target: type = (...)` + - `some, *un, packing = (...)` + - `augmented += (...)` + +In those cases, parentheses are removed when the entire statement fits in one line, or +if the inner expression doesn't have any delimiters to further split on. If there is +only a single delimiter and the expression starts or ends with a bracket, the +parenthesis can also be successfully omitted since the existing bracket pair will +organize the expression neatly anyway. Otherwise, the parentheses are added. + +Please note that _Black_ does not add or remove any additional nested parentheses that +you might want to have for clarity or further code organization. For example those +parentheses are not going to be removed: + +```py3 +return not (this or that) +decision = (maybe.this() and values > 0) or (maybe.that() and values < 0) +``` -**Dusty Phillips**, [writer](https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dusty+phillips): +### Call chains -> Black is opinionated so you don't have to be. +Some popular APIs, like ORMs, use call chaining. This API style is known as a +[fluent interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface). _Black_ formats +those by treating dots that follow a call or an indexing operation like a very low +priority delimiter. It's easier to show the behavior than to explain it. Look at the +example: -**Hynek Schlawack**, [creator of `attrs`](http://www.attrs.org/), core -developer of Twisted and CPython: +```py3 +def example(session): + result = ( + session.query(models.Customer.id) + .filter( + models.Customer.account_id == account_id, + models.Customer.email == email_address, + ) + .order_by(models.Customer.id.asc()) + .all() + ) +``` -> An auto-formatter that doesn't suck is all I want for Xmas! +### Typing stub files -**Carl Meyer**, [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) core developer: +PEP 484 describes the syntax for type hints in Python. One of the use cases for typing +is providing type annotations for modules which cannot contain them directly (they might +be written in C, or they might be third-party, or their implementation may be overly +dynamic, and so on). -> At least the name is good. +To solve this, +[stub files with the `.pyi` file extension](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/#stub-files) +can be used to describe typing information for an external module. Those stub files omit +the implementation of classes and functions they describe, instead they only contain the +structure of the file (listing globals, functions, and classes with their members). The +recommended code style for those files is more terse than PEP 8: -**Kenneth Reitz**, creator of [`requests`](http://python-requests.org/) -and [`pipenv`](https://docs.pipenv.org/): +- prefer `...` on the same line as the class/function signature; +- avoid vertical whitespace between consecutive module-level functions, names, or + methods and fields within a single class; +- use a single blank line between top-level class definitions, or none if the classes + are very small. -> This vastly improves the formatting of our code. Thanks a ton! +_Black_ enforces the above rules. There are additional guidelines for formatting `.pyi` +file that are not enforced yet but might be in a future version of the formatter: + +- all function bodies should be empty (contain `...` instead of the body); +- do not use docstrings; +- prefer `...` over `pass`; +- for arguments with a default, use `...` instead of the actual default; +- avoid using string literals in type annotations, stub files support forward references + natively (like Python 3.7 code with `from __future__ import annotations`); +- use variable annotations instead of type comments, even for stubs that target older + versions of Python; +- for arguments that default to `None`, use `Optional[]` explicitly; +- use `float` instead of `Union[int, float]`. + +## Pragmatism + +Early versions of _Black_ used to be absolutist in some respects. They took after its +initial author. This was fine at the time as it made the implementation simpler and +there were not many users anyway. Not many edge cases were reported. As a mature tool, +_Black_ does make some exceptions to rules it otherwise holds. This section documents +what those exceptions are and why this is the case. + +### The magic trailing comma +_Black_ in general does not take existing formatting into account. -## Tests +However, there are cases where you put a short collection or function call in your code +but you anticipate it will grow in the future. -Just run: +For example: +```py3 +TRANSLATIONS = { + "en_us": "English (US)", + "pl_pl": "polski", +} ``` -python setup.py test + +Early versions of _Black_ used to ruthlessly collapse those into one line (it fits!). +Now, you can communicate that you don't want that by putting a trailing comma in the +collection yourself. When you do, _Black_ will know to always explode your collection +into one item per line. + +How do you make it stop? Just delete that trailing comma and _Black_ will collapse your +collection into one line if it fits. + +### r"strings" and R"strings" + +_Black_ normalizes string quotes as well as string prefixes, making them lowercase. One +exception to this rule is r-strings. It turns out that the very popular +[MagicPython](https://github.com/MagicStack/MagicPython/) syntax highlighter, used by +default by (among others) GitHub and Visual Studio Code, differentiates between +r-strings and R-strings. The former are syntax highlighted as regular expressions while +the latter are treated as true raw strings with no special semantics. + +## pyproject.toml + +_Black_ is able to read project-specific default values for its command line options +from a `pyproject.toml` file. This is especially useful for specifying custom +`--include` and `--exclude` patterns for your project. + +**Pro-tip**: If you're asking yourself "Do I need to configure anything?" the answer is +"No". _Black_ is all about sensible defaults. + +### What on Earth is a `pyproject.toml` file? + +[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://poetry.eustace.io/) or +[Flit](https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) it can fully replace the need for +`setup.py` and `setup.cfg` files. + +### Where _Black_ looks for the file + +By default _Black_ looks for `pyproject.toml` starting from the common base directory of +all files and directories passed on the command line. If it's not there, it looks in +parent directories. It stops looking when it finds the file, or a `.git` directory, or a +`.hg` directory, or the root of the file system, whichever comes first. + +If you're formatting standard input, _Black_ will look for configuration starting from +the current working directory. + +You can also explicitly specify the path to a particular file that you want with +`--config`. In this situation _Black_ will not look for any other file. + +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. + +### Configuration format + +As the file extension suggests, `pyproject.toml` is a +[TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) file. It contains separate sections for +different tools. _Black_ is using the `[tool.black]` section. The option keys are the +same as long names of options on the command line. + +Note that you have to use single-quoted strings in TOML for regular expressions. It's +the equivalent of r-strings in Python. Multiline strings are treated as verbose regular +expressions by Black. Use `[ ]` to denote a significant space character. + +
+Example `pyproject.toml` + +```toml +[tool.black] +line-length = 88 +target-version = ['py37'] +include = '\.pyi?$' +exclude = ''' + +( + /( + \.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 +) +''' ``` -## This tool requires Python 3.6.0+ to run +
-But you can reformat Python 2 code with it, too. *Black* is able to parse -all of the new syntax supported on Python 3.6 but also *effectively all* -the Python 2 syntax at the same time, as long as you're not using print -statements. +### Lookup hierarchy -By making the code exclusively Python 3.6+, I'm able to focus on the -quality of the formatting and re-use all the nice features of the new -releases (check out [pathlib](docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html) or -f-strings) instead of wasting cycles on Unicode compatibility, and so on. +Command-line options have defaults that you can see in `--help`. A `pyproject.toml` can +override those defaults. Finally, options provided by the user on the command line +override both. +_Black_ will only ever use one `pyproject.toml` file during an entire run. It doesn't +look for multiple files, and doesn't compose configuration from different levels of the +file hierarchy. -## License +## Editor integration -MIT +### Emacs +Use [proofit404/blacken](https://github.com/proofit404/blacken) or +[Elpy](https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy). -## Contributing +### PyCharm/IntelliJ IDEA -In terms of inspiration, *Black* is about as configurable as *gofmt* and -*rustfmt* are. This is deliberate. +1. Install `black`. -Bug reports and fixes are always welcome! However, before you suggest a -new feature or configuration knob, ask yourself why you want it. If it -enables better integration with some workflow, fixes an inconsistency, -speeds things up, and so on - go for it! On the other hand, if your -answer is "because I don't like a particular formatting" then you're not -ready to embrace *Black* yet. Such changes are unlikely to get accepted. -You can still try but prepare to be disappointed. +```console +$ pip install black +``` +2. Locate your `black` installation folder. -## Change Log +On macOS / Linux / BSD: + +```console +$ which black +/usr/local/bin/black # possible location +``` + +On Windows: + +```console +$ where black +%LocalAppData%\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\black.exe # possible location +``` + +3. Open External tools in PyCharm/IntelliJ IDEA + +On macOS: + +`PyCharm -> Preferences -> Tools -> External Tools` + +On Windows / Linux / BSD: + +`File -> Settings -> Tools -> External Tools` + +4. Click the + icon to add a new external tool with the following values: + + - Name: Black + - Description: Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. + - Program: + - Arguments: `"$FilePath$"` + +5. Format the currently opened file by selecting `Tools -> External Tools -> black`. + + - Alternatively, you can set a keyboard shortcut by navigating to + `Preferences or Settings -> Keymap -> External Tools -> External Tools - Black`. + +6. Optionally, run _Black_ on every file save: + + 1. Make sure you have the + [File Watcher](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7177-file-watchers) plugin + installed. + 2. Go to `Preferences or Settings -> Tools -> File Watchers` and click `+` to add a + new watcher: + - Name: Black + - File type: Python + - Scope: Project Files + - Program: + - Arguments: `$FilePath$` + - Output paths to refresh: `$FilePath$` + - Working directory: `$ProjectFileDir$` + + - Uncheck "Auto-save edited files to trigger the watcher" + +### Wing IDE + +Wing supports black via the OS Commands tool, as explained in the Wing documentation on +[pep8 formatting](https://wingware.com/doc/edit/pep8). The detailed procedure is: + +1. Install `black`. + +```console +$ pip install black +``` + +2. Make sure it runs from the command line, e.g. + +```console +$ black --help +``` + +3. In Wing IDE, activate the **OS Commands** panel and define the command **black** to + execute black on the currently selected file: + +- Use the Tools -> OS Commands menu selection +- click on **+** in **OS Commands** -> New: Command line.. + - Title: black + - Command Line: black %s + - I/O Encoding: Use Default + - Key Binding: F1 + - [x] Raise OS Commands when executed + - [x] Auto-save files before execution + - [x] Line mode + +4. Select a file in the editor and press **F1** , or whatever key binding you selected + in step 3, to reformat the file. + +### Vim + +Commands and shortcuts: + +- `:Black` to format the entire file (ranges not supported); +- `:BlackUpgrade` to upgrade _Black_ inside the virtualenv; +- `:BlackVersion` to get the current version of _Black_ inside the virtualenv. + +Configuration: + +- `g:black_fast` (defaults to `0`) +- `g:black_linelength` (defaults to `88`) +- `g:black_skip_string_normalization` (defaults to `0`) +- `g:black_virtualenv` (defaults to `~/.vim/black` or `~/.local/share/nvim/black`) + +To install with [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug): + +``` +Plug 'psf/black', { 'branch': 'stable' } +``` + +or with [Vundle](https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim): + +``` +Plugin 'psf/black' +``` + +and execute the following in a terminal: -### 18.3a1 +```console +$ cd ~/.vim/bundle/black +$ git checkout origin/stable -b stable +``` + +or you can copy the plugin from +[plugin/black.vim](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/stable/plugin/black.vim). + +``` +mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/python/start/black/plugin +curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/psf/black/master/plugin/black.vim -o ~/.vim/pack/python/start/black/plugin/black.vim +``` + +Let me know if this requires any changes to work with Vim 8's builtin `packadd`, or +Pathogen, and so on. + +This plugin **requires Vim 7.0+ built with Python 3.6+ support**. It needs Python 3.6 to +be able to run _Black_ inside the Vim process which is much faster than calling an +external command. + +On first run, the plugin creates its own virtualenv using the right Python version and +automatically installs _Black_. You can upgrade it later by calling `:BlackUpgrade` and +restarting Vim. + +If you need to do anything special to make your virtualenv work and install _Black_ (for +example you want to run a version from master), create a virtualenv manually and point +`g:black_virtualenv` to it. The plugin will use it. + +To run _Black_ on save, add the following line to `.vimrc` or `init.vim`: + +``` +autocmd BufWritePre *.py execute ':Black' +``` + +To run _Black_ on a key press (e.g. F9 below), add this: + +``` +nnoremap :Black +``` + +**How to get Vim with Python 3.6?** On Ubuntu 17.10 Vim comes with Python 3.6 by +default. On macOS with Homebrew run: `brew install vim`. When building Vim from source, +use: `./configure --enable-python3interp=yes`. There's many guides online how to do +this. + +### Visual Studio Code + +Use the +[Python extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python) +([instructions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing#_formatting)). + +### SublimeText 3 + +Use [sublack plugin](https://github.com/jgirardet/sublack). + +### Jupyter Notebook Magic + +Use [blackcellmagic](https://github.com/csurfer/blackcellmagic). + +### Python Language Server + +If your editor supports the [Language Server Protocol](https://langserver.org/) (Atom, +Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and many more), you can use the +[Python Language Server](https://github.com/palantir/python-language-server) with the +[pyls-black](https://github.com/rupert/pyls-black) plugin. + +### Atom/Nuclide + +Use [python-black](https://atom.io/packages/python-black). + +### Kakoune + +Add the following hook to your kakrc, then run black with `:format`. + +``` +hook global WinSetOption filetype=python %{ + set-option window formatcmd 'black -q -' +} +``` + +### Thonny + +Use [Thonny-black-code-format](https://github.com/Franccisco/thonny-black-code-format). + +### Other editors + +Other editors will require external contributions. + +Patches welcome! ✨ 🍰 ✨ + +Any tool that can pipe code through _Black_ using its stdio mode (just +[use `-` as the file name](https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/special-chars.html#DASHREF2)). +The formatted code will be returned on stdout (unless `--check` was passed). _Black_ +will still emit messages on stderr but that shouldn't affect your use case. + +This can be used for example with PyCharm's or IntelliJ's +[File Watchers](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/file-watchers.html). + +## blackd + +`blackd` is a small HTTP server that exposes _Black_'s functionality over a simple +protocol. The main benefit of using it is to avoid paying the cost of starting up a new +_Black_ process every time you want to blacken a file. + +### Usage + +`blackd` is not packaged alongside _Black_ by default because it has additional +dependencies. You will need to do `pip install black[d]` to install it. + +You can start the server on the default port, binding only to the local interface by +running `blackd`. You will see a single line mentioning the server's version, and the +host and port it's listening on. `blackd` will then print an access log similar to most +web servers on standard output, merged with any exception traces caused by invalid +formatting requests. + +`blackd` provides even less options than _Black_. You can see them by running +`blackd --help`: + +```text +Usage: blackd [OPTIONS] -* fixed invalid spacing of dots in relative imports (#6, #13) +Options: + --bind-host TEXT Address to bind the server to. + --bind-port INTEGER Port to listen on + --version Show the version and exit. + -h, --help Show this message and exit. +``` + +There is no official blackd client tool (yet!). You can test that blackd is working +using `curl`: + +``` +blackd --bind-port 9090 & # or let blackd choose a port +curl -s -XPOST "localhost:9090" -d "print('valid')" +``` + +### Protocol + +`blackd` only accepts `POST` requests at the `/` path. The body of the request 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). + +The headers controlling how code is formatted are: + +- `X-Line-Length`: corresponds to the `--line-length` command line flag. +- `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-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 or + a set of comma-separated Python versions, optionally prefixed with `py`. For example, + to request code that is compatible with Python 3.5 and 3.6, set the header to + `py3.5,py3.6`. +- `X-Diff`: corresponds to the `--diff` command line flag. If present, a diff of the + formats will be output. + +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. + +Apart from the above, `blackd` can produce the following response codes: + +- `HTTP 204`: If the input is already well-formatted. The response body is empty. +- `HTTP 200`: If formatting was needed on the input. The response body contains the + blackened Python code, and the `Content-Type` header is set accordingly. +- `HTTP 400`: If the input contains a syntax error. Details of the error are returned in + the response body. +- `HTTP 500`: If there was any kind of error while trying to format the input. The + response body contains a textual representation of the error. + +The response headers include a `X-Black-Version` header containing the version of +_Black_. + +## Version control integration + +Use [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/). Once you +[have it installed](https://pre-commit.com/#install), add this to the +`.pre-commit-config.yaml` in your repository: + +```yaml +repos: + - repo: https://github.com/psf/black + rev: stable + hooks: + - id: black + language_version: python3.6 +``` + +Then run `pre-commit install` and you're ready to go. + +Avoid using `args` in the hook. Instead, store necessary configuration in +`pyproject.toml` so that editors and command-line usage of Black all behave consistently +for your project. See _Black_'s own +[pyproject.toml](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/pyproject.toml) for an +example. + +If you're already using Python 3.7, switch the `language_version` accordingly. Finally, +`stable` is a tag that is pinned to the latest release on PyPI. If you'd rather run on +master, this is also an option. + +## Ignoring unmodified files + +_Black_ remembers files it has already formatted, unless the `--diff` flag is used or +code is passed via standard input. This information is stored per-user. The exact +location of the file depends on the _Black_ version and the system on which _Black_ is +run. The file is non-portable. The standard location on common operating systems is: + +- Windows: + `C:\\Users\\AppData\Local\black\black\Cache\\cache...pickle` +- macOS: + `/Users//Library/Caches/black//cache...pickle` +- Linux: + `/home//.cache/black//cache...pickle` + +`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 +`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//`. + +## Used by + +The following notable open-source projects trust _Black_ with enforcing a consistent +code style: pytest, tox, Pyramid, Django Channels, Hypothesis, attrs, SQLAlchemy, +Poetry, PyPA applications (Warehouse, Pipenv, virtualenv), pandas, Pillow, every Datadog +Agent Integration, Home Assistant. + +Are we missing anyone? Let us know. + +## Testimonials + +**Dusty Phillips**, +[writer](https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dusty+phillips): + +> _Black_ is opinionated so you don't have to be. + +**Hynek Schlawack**, [creator of `attrs`](https://www.attrs.org/), core developer of +Twisted and CPython: -* fixed spurious space in parenthesized set expressions (#7) +> An auto-formatter that doesn't suck is all I want for Xmas! + +**Carl Meyer**, [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) core developer: + +> At least the name is good. + +**Kenneth Reitz**, creator of [`requests`](http://python-requests.org/) and +[`pipenv`](https://docs.pipenv.org/): + +> This vastly improves the formatting of our code. Thanks a ton! + +## Show your style + +Use the badge in your project's README.md: + +```markdown +[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black) +``` +Using the badge in README.rst: -### 18.3a0 +``` +.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg + :target: https://github.com/psf/black +``` + +Looks like this: +[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black) + +## License + +MIT + +## Contributing to _Black_ + +In terms of inspiration, _Black_ is about as configurable as _gofmt_. This is +deliberate. -* first published version, Happy 🍰 Day 2018! +Bug reports and fixes are always welcome! However, before you suggest a new feature or +configuration knob, ask yourself why you want it. If it enables better integration with +some workflow, fixes an inconsistency, speeds things up, and so on - go for it! On the +other hand, if your answer is "because I don't like a particular formatting" then you're +not ready to embrace _Black_ yet. Such changes are unlikely to get accepted. You can +still try but prepare to be disappointed. -* alpha quality +More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md). -* date-versioned (see: https://calver.org/) +## Change Log + +The log's become rather long. 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