From 9e97143e49687e0e1fb4e5eec8930aa0107d9c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: peterjc Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:31:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document priority of configuration files and command line Closes issue 560. --- docs/source/user/configuration.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/source/user/configuration.rst b/docs/source/user/configuration.rst index e6b3de8..108dd98 100644 --- a/docs/source/user/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/source/user/configuration.rst @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Configuration Locations - In your project in one of ``setup.cfg``, ``tox.ini``, or ``.flake8``. +Values set at the command line have highest priority, then those in the +project configuration file, then those in your user directory, and finally +there are the defaults. However, there are additional command line options +which can alter this. + "User" Configuration --------------------