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# Contributing

Welcome! Happy to see you willing to make the project better. Have you read the entire user documentation yet?

Bird’s eye view

In terms of inspiration, Black is about as configurable as gofmt (which is to say, not very). This is deliberate. Black aims to provide a consistent style and take away opportunities for arguing about style.

Bug reports and fixes are always welcome! Please follow the issue templates on GitHub for best results.

Before you suggest a new feature or configuration knob, ask yourself why you want it. If it enables better integration with some workflow, fixes an inconsistency, speeds things up, and so on - go for it! On the other hand, if your answer is “because I don’t like a particular formatting” then you’re not ready to embrace Black yet. Such changes are unlikely to get accepted. You can still try but prepare to be disappointed.

Contents

This section covers the following topics:

- The basics

- Gauging changes

- Release process

For an overview on contributing to the Black, please checkout The basics.