yapf:tldr:16f6c

yapf: Recursively format all Python files in a directory, concurrently.

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$ yapf --recursive --in-place --style ${pep8} --parallel ${path-to-directory}

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The command yapf is a command-line tool used for formatting Python code to adhere to the PEP 8 style guide. Let's break down the command and understand each component:

yapf: This is the command itself, indicating that we want to use the yapf tool.
--recursive: This option tells yapf to format all Python files in the specified directory and its subdirectories recursively.
--in-place: This option instructs yapf to modify the files in-place, meaning it will directly edit the source files, instead of creating new formatted files.
--style ${pep8}: This option specifies the style guide to apply. In this case, pep8 refers to the PEP 8 style guide, so yapf will format the code to conform to PEP 8 standards.
--parallel: This option enables yapf to format files in parallel using multiple cores, improving performance for large codebases.
${path-to-directory}: This is the path to the directory that contains the Python files you want to format. You need to replace ${path-to-directory} with the actual directory path on your system.

Overall, the command yapf --recursive --in-place --style ${pep8} --parallel ${path-to-directory} instructs yapf to recursively format all Python files in the specified directory (and any subdirectories) to conform to the PEP 8 style guide, modifying them in-place, and utilizing parallel processing if available.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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