.TH "BLACK" "1" "04-May-2018" "black Manual"
.SH NAME
black \- The uncompromising code formatter.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B black
[OPTIONS] [SRC]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The uncompromising code formatter.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-l,\fP \-\-line\-length INTEGER
How many character per line to allow.  [default: 88]
.TP
\fB\-\-check\fP
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.
.TP
\fB\-\-diff\fP
Don't write the files back, just output a diff for each file on stdout.
.TP
\fB\-\-fast\fP / \-\-safe
If --fast given, skip temporary sanity checks. [default: --safe]
.TP
\fB\-q,\fP \-\-quiet
Don't emit non-error messages to stderr. Errors are still emitted, silence those with 2>/dev/null.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fP
Show the version and exit.