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 Using Flake8
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Flake8 can be used in many ways:

- invoking it on the command-line

- invoking it via Python

- having it called by Git or Mercurial on or around committing

This guide will cover all of these and the nuances for using Flake8.

.. note::

    This portion of Flake8's documentation does not cover installation. See
    the :ref:`installation-guide` section for how to install Flake8.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    invocation
    configuration

.. config files
.. command-line tutorial
.. VCS usage
.. installing and using plugins