X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/b8450b9faee10f3a0a63378b58adde60a27964e0..b4dca26c7d93f930bbd5a7b552807370b60d4298:/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 1f43618..de1d5e6 100644 --- 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//`. +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