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6 editorconfig-format - EditorConfig File Format
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10 EditorConfig files use an INI format that is compatible with the format
11 used by Python ConfigParser Library, but [ and ] are allowed in the
12 section names. The section names are filepath globs, similar to the
13 format accepted by gitignore. Forward slashes (/) are used as path
14 separators and semicolons (;) or octothorpes (#) are used for comments.
15 Comments should go individual lines. EditorConfig files should be UTF-8
16 encoded, with either CRLF or LF line separators.
17 Filename globs containing path separators (/) match filepaths in the
19 same way as the filename globs used by .gitignore files. Backslashes
20 (\) are not allowed as path separators.
21 A semicolon character (;) starts a line comment that terminates at the
23 end of the line. Line comments and blank lines are ignored when
24 parsing. Comments may be added to the ends of non-empty lines. An
25 octothorpe character (#) may be used instead of a semicolon to denote
26 the start of a comment.
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29 When a filename is given to EditorConfig a search is performed in the
30 directory of the given file and all parent directories for an
31 EditorConfig file (named '.editorconfig' by default). All found
32 EditorConfig files are searched for sections with section names
33 matching the given filename. The search will stop if an EditorConfig
34 file is found with the root property set to true or when reaching the
35 root filesystem directory.
36 Files are read top to bottom and the most recent rules found take
38 precedence. If multiple EditorConfig files have matching sections, the
39 rules from the closer EditorConfig file are read last, so properties in
40 closer files take precedence.
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43 Section names in EditorConfig files are filename globs that support
44 pattern matching through Unix shell-style wildcards. These filename
45 globs recognize the following as special characters for wildcard
46 matching:
47 * Matches any string of characters, except path separators
49 (/)
50 ** Matches any string of characters
52 ? Matches any single character
54 [seq] Matches any single character in seq
56 [!seq] Matches any single character not in seq
58 {s1,s2,s3} Matches any of the strings given (separated by commas, can
60 be nested)
61 {num1..num2} Matches any integer numbers between num1 and num2, where
63 num1 and num2 can be either positive or negative
64 The backslash character () can be used to escape a character so it is
68 not interpreted as a special character.
69 The maximum length of a section name is 4096 characters. All sections
71 exceeding this limit are ignored.
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74 EditorConfig file sections contain properties, which are name-value
75 pairs separated by an equal sign (=). EditorConfig plugins will ignore
76 unrecognized property names and properties with invalid values.
77 Here is the list of all property names understood by EditorConfig and
79 all valid values for these properties:
80 · indent_style: set to 'tab' or 'space' to use hard tabs or soft tabs
82 respectively. The values are case insensitive.
83 · indent_size: a whole number defining the number of columns used for
84 each indentation level and the width of soft tabs (when supported).
85 If this equals to 'tab', the indent_size will be set to the tab size,
86 which should be tab_width if tab_width is specified, or the tab size
87 set by editor if tab_width is not specified. The values are case
88 insensitive.
89 · tab_width: a whole number defining the number of columns used to
90 represent a tab character. This defaults to the value of indent_size
91 and should not usually need to be specified.
92 · end_of_line: set to 'lf', 'cr', or 'crlf' to control how line breaks
93 are represented. The values are case insensitive.
94 · charset: set to 'latin1', 'utf-8', 'utf-8-bom', 'utf-16be' or
95 'utf-16le' to control the character set. Use of 'utf-8-bom' is
96 discouraged.
97 · trim_trailing_whitespace: set to 'true' to remove any whitespace
98 characters preceeding newline characters and 'false' to ensure it
99 doesn't.
100 · insert_final_newline: set to 'true' ensure file ends with a newline
101 when saving and 'false' to ensure it doesn't.
102 · root: special property that should be specified at the top of the
103 file outside of any sections. Set to 'true' to stop .editorconfig
104 files search on current file. The value is case insensitive.
105 For any property, a value of 'unset' is to remove the effect of that
106 property, even if it has been set before. For example, add 'indent_size
107 = unset' to undefine indent_size property (and use editor default).
108 Property names are case insensitive and all property names are
109 lowercased when parsing. The maximum length of a property name is 50
110 characters and the maximum length of a property value is 255
111 characters. Any property beyond these limits would be ignored.
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