Re: [BuildStream] [Development topic] Use black to format code

[Darius Makovsky <darius makovsky codethink co uk>]

On 05/11/2019 13:53, Tom Pollard via buildstream-list wrote:
> Hi Chandan
>
> I for one am definitely in favour of introducing Black to the
> Buildstream source, and can live with an initial 'cleanup' commit.
> However, how do you propose the use of Black going forward? Do you
> expect it to become a manual part of the contributors workflow, or part
> of some pre-commit/merge automation? I've also seen projects using Black
> for scheduled blanket format commits, I can't say I'm too keen on that
> though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom

I'm opposed to blanket format commits: I don't know anyone who reads
them and we're entirely relying on a tool for that. I suggest if it's
going to replace pycodestyle then it should be part of the pipeline
for MRs and it could also be a pre-commit hook.

-- 
Best Regards,
Darius


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