dotnet-format - Man Page

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET 6.x SDK and later versions

dotnet format [options] [<PROJECT | SOLUTION>]

dotnet format -h|--help

dotnet format is a code formatter that applies style preferences to a project or solution. Preferences will be read from an .editorconfig file, if present, otherwise a default set of preferences will be used. For more information, see the EditorConfig documentation.

PROJECT | SOLUTION

The MSBuild project or solution to run code formatting on. If a project or solution file is not specified, MSBuild searches the current working directory for a file that has a file extension that ends in proj or sln, and uses that file.

None of the options below are required for the dotnet format command to succeed, but you can use them to further customize what is formatted and by which rules.

• --diagnostics <DIAGNOSTICS>

  A space-separated list of diagnostic IDs to use as a filter when fixing code style or third-party issues. Default value is whichever IDs are listed in the .editorconfig file. For a list of built-in analyzer rule IDs that you can specify, see the list of IDs for code-analysis style rules.

• --severity

  The minimum severity of diagnostics to fix. Allowed values are info, warn, and error. The default value is warn.

• --no-restore

  Doesn’t execute an implicit restore before formatting. Default is to do implicit restore.

• --verify-no-changes

  Verifies that no formatting changes would be performed. Terminates with a non zero exit code if any files would have been formatted.

• --include <INCLUDE>

  A space-separated list of relative file or folder paths to include in formatting. The default is all files in the solution or project.

• --exclude <EXCLUDE>

  A space-separated list of relative file or folder paths to exclude from formatting. The default is none.

• --include-generated

  Formats files generated by the SDK.

• -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

  Sets the verbosity level. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. Default value is m[inimal].

• --binarylog <BINARY-LOG-PATH>

  Logs all project or solution load information to a binary log file.

• --report <REPORT-PATH>

  Produces a JSON report in the directory specified by <REPORT_PATH>.

• -h|--help

  Shows help and usage information

The dotnet format whitespace subcommand will only run formatting rules associated with whitespace formatting. For a complete list of possible formatting options that you can specify in your .editorconfig file, see the C# formatting options.

• --folder

  Treat the <PROJECT | SOLUTION> argument as a path to a simple folder of code files.

The dotnet format style subcommand will only run formatting rule associated with code style formatting. For a complete list of formatting options that you can specify in your editorconfig file, see Code style rules.

• --diagnostics <DIAGNOSTICS>

  A space-separated list of diagnostic IDs to use as a filter when fixing code style or third-party issues. Default value is whichever IDs are listed in the .editorconfig file. For a list of built-in analyzer rule IDs that you can specify, see the list of IDs for code-analysis style rules.

• --severity

  The minimum severity of diagnostics to fix. Allowed values are info, warn, and error. The default value is warn

The dotnet format analyzers subcommand will only run formatting rule associated with analyzers. For a list of analyzer rules that you can specify in your editorconfig file, see Code style rules.

• --diagnostics <DIAGNOSTICS>

  A space-separated list of diagnostic IDs to use as a filter when fixing code style or third-party issues. Default value is whichever IDs are listed in the .editorconfig file. For a list of built-in analyzer rule IDs that you can specify, see the list of IDs for code-analysis style rules.

• --severity

  The minimum severity of diagnostics to fix. Allowed values are info, warn, and error. The default value is warn.

• Format all code in the solution:

  dotnet format ./solution.sln

• Clean up all code in the application project:

  dotnet format ./src/application.csproj

• Verify that all code is correctly formatted:

  dotnet format --verify-no-changes

• Clean up all code in the src and tests directory but not in src/submodule-a:

  dotnet format --include ./src/ ./tests/ --exclude ./src/submodule-a/