Fourmolu is a formatter for Haskell source code. It is a fork of Ormolu, with upstream improvements continually merged.
We share all bar one of Ormolu's goals:
haskell-src-exts
.See https://fourmolu.github.io/config/
To install the latest release from Hackage, simply install with Cabal or Stack:
$ cabal install fourmolu $ stack install fourmolu
$ cabal build -fdev $ stack build --flag fourmolu:dev
The dev
flag may be omitted in your local workflow as you work, but CI may not pass if you only build without the dev
flag.
The following will print the formatted output to the standard output.
Add -i
(or --mode inplace
) to replace the contents of the input file with the formatted output.
Specify a directory to recursively process all of its .hs
files:
Or find all files in a project with git ls-files
:
$ fourmolu --mode inplace $(git ls-files '*.hs') # Or to avoid hitting command line length limits and enable parallelism (12-way here): $ git ls-files -z '*.hs' | xargs -P 12 -0 fourmolu --mode inplace
To check if files are already formatted (useful on CI):
$ fourmolu --mode check src⚡ Beware git's
core.autocrlf
on Windows ⚡
Fourmolu's output always uses LF line endings. In particular, fourmolu --mode check
will fail if its input is correctly formatted except that it has CRLF line endings. This situation can happen on Windows when checking out a git repository without having set core.autocrlf
to false
.
See https://fourmolu.github.io/ to try Fourmolu in your browser. This is re-deployed on every new commit to main
, so will use the latest version of Fourmolu, potentially including unreleased changes.
Fourmolu can be integrated with your editor via the Haskell Language Server. Just set haskell.formattingProvider
to fourmolu
(instructions).
run-fourmolu
is the recommended way to ensure that a project is formatted with Fourmolu.
Fourmolu automatically locates the Cabal file that corresponds to a given source code file. Cabal files are used to extract both default extensions and dependencies. Default extensions directly affect behavior of the GHC parser, while dependencies are used to figure out fixities of operators that appear in the source code. Fixities can also be overridden via the fixities
configuration option in fourmolu.yaml
. When the input comes from stdin, one can pass --stdin-input-file
which will give Fourmolu the location that should be used as the starting point for searching for .cabal
files.
Here is an example of the fixities
configuration:
fixities: - infixr 9 . - infixr 5 ++ - infixl 4 <$ - infixl 1 >>, >>= - infixr 1 =<< - infixr 0 $, $! - infixl 4 <*>, <*, *>, <**> - infixr 3 >~< - infixr 3.3 |~| - infixr 3.7 <~>
It uses exactly the same syntax as usual Haskell fixity declarations to make it easier for Haskellers to edit and maintain. Since Ormolu 0.7.8.0 fractional precedences are supported for more precise control over formatting of complex operator chains.
fourmolu.yaml
can also contain instructions about module re-exports that Fourmolu should be aware of. This might be desirable because at the moment Fourmolu cannot know about all possible module re-exports in the ecosystem and only few of them are actually important when it comes to fixity deduction. In 99% of cases the user won't have to do anything, especially since most common re-exports are already programmed into Fourmolu. (You are welcome to open PRs to make Fourmolu aware of more re-exports by default.) However, when the fixity of an operator is not inferred correctly, making Fourmolu aware of a re-export may come in handy. Here is an example:
reexports: - module Control.Lens exports Control.Lens.At - module Control.Lens exports "lens" Control.Lens.Lens
Explicit package names are allowed in re-export declarations (see the example above).
Finally, all of the above-mentioned parameters can be controlled from the command line:
-o
or --ghc-opt
flag.-p
or --package
flag.-f
or --fixity
flag.-r
or --reexport
flag.Searching for .cabal
files can be disabled by passing --no-cabal
.
Fourmolu understands two magic comments:
and
This allows us to disable formatting selectively for code between these markers or disable it for the entire file. To achieve the latter, just put {- FOURMOLU_DISABLE -}
at the very top. Note that for Fourmolu to work the fragments where Fourmolu is enabled must be parseable on their own. Because of that the magic comments cannot be placed arbitrarily, but rather must enclose independent top-level definitions.
{- ORMOLU_DISABLE -}
and {- ORMOLU_ENABLE -}
, respectively, can be used to the same effect, and the two styles of magic comments can be mixed.
One can ask Fourmolu to format a region of input and leave the rest unformatted. This is accomplished by passing the --start-line
and --end-line
command line options. --start-line
defaults to the beginning of the file, while --end-line
defaults to the end.
Note that the selected region needs to be parseable Haskell code on its own.
Exit code Meaning 0 Success 1 General problem 2 CPP used (deprecated) 3 Parsing of original input failed 4 Parsing of formatted code failed 5 AST of original and formatted code differs 6 Formatting is not idempotent 7 Unrecognized GHC options 8 Cabal file parsing failed 9 Missing input file path when using stdin input and accounting for .cabal files 10 Parse error while parsing fixity overrides 100 In checking mode: unformatted files 101 Inplace mode does not work with stdin 102 Other issue (with multiple input files) 400 Failed to load Fourmolu configuration fileThe fourmolu
package can also be depended upon from other Haskell programs. For these purposes only the top Ormolu
module should be considered stable. It follows PVP starting from the version 0.10.2.0. Rely on other modules at your own risk.
This can happen when Ormolu doesn't know or can't determine the fixity of an operator.
If this is a custom operator, see the instructions in the Language extensions, dependencies, and fixities section to specify the correct fixities in a fourmolu.yaml
file.
If this is a third-party operator (e.g. from base
or some other package from Hackage), Ormolu probably doesn't recognize that the operator is the same as the third-party one.
Some reasons this might be the case:
-XNoImplicitPrelude
turned onIf any of these are true, make sure to specify the reexports correctly in a fourmolu.yaml
file.
You can see how Ormolu decides the fixity of operators if you use --debug
.
Fourmolu is still in a relatively early stage of development, but it is in wide enough use that stability is a desirable property. Fourmolu aims to uphold the following principles:
It will always be possible to replicate Ormolu's formatting with a suitable fourmolu.yaml
Breaking changes will be avoided where possible, but may still occur in the following circumstances:
If there are any options you'd like to see, let us know. If it's not too complicated to implement (and especially if you implement it yourself!) then we'll probably add it.
See DEVELOPER.md
for documentation.
See LICENSE.md.
Copyright © 2018–2020 Tweag I/O, 2020-present Matt Parsons
The vast majority of work here has been done by the Ormolu developers, and thus they deserve almost all of the credit. This project is simply intended as a haven for those of us who admire their work, but can't quite get on board with some of their decisions when it comes down to the details.
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