From bc7a4b2391a19b9ff1093a26d249e32324402498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Yngve=20H=C3=B8iseth?= Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 12:08:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document cache location configuration (#866) --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d83101..76b7d7c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ is: `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 -- 2.39.2