typos/docs/reference.md

typos Reference

Configuration

Sources

Configuration is read from the following (in precedence order)

• Command line arguments
• File specified via --config PATH
• Search parents of specified file / directory for one of typos.toml, _typos.toml, or .typos.toml

Config Fields

Field	Argument	Format	Description
files.binary	--binary	bool	Check binary files as text
files.extend-exclude	--exclude	list of strings	Typos-specific ignore globs (gitignore syntax)
files.ignore-hidden	--hidden	bool	Skip hidden files and directories.
files.ignore-files	--ignore	bool	Respect ignore files.
files.ignore-dot	--ignore-dot	bool	Respect .ignore files.
files.ignore-vcs	--ignore-vcs	bool	Respect ignore files in vcs directories.
files.ignore-global	--ignore-global	bool	Respect global ignore files.
files.ignore-parent	--ignore-parent	bool	Respect ignore files in parent directories.
default.binary	--binary	bool	Check binary files as text
default.check-filename	-	bool	Verifying spelling in file names.
default.check-file	-	bool	Verifying spelling in files.
default.unicode	--unicode	bool	Allow unicode characters in identifiers (and not just ASCII)
default.locale	--locale	en, en-us, en-gb, en-ca, en-au	English dialect to correct to.
default.extend-ignore-re	-	list of regexes	Custom uncorrectable sections (e.g. markdown code fences, PGP signatures, etc)
default.extend-identifiers	-	table of strings	Corrections for identifiers. When the correction is blank, the identifier is never valid. When the correction is the key, the identifier is always valid.
default.extend-ignore-identifiers-re	-	list of regexes	Pattern-match always-valid identifiers
default.extend-words	-	table of strings	Corrections for words. When the correction is blank, the word is never valid. When the correction is the key, the word is always valid.
type.<name>.<field>	<varied>	<varied>	See default. for child keys. Run with --type-list to see available <name>s
type.<name>.extend-glob	-	list of strings	File globs for matching <name>

Common extend-ignore-identifiers-re:

• SSL Cipher suites: "\\bTLS_[A-Z0-9_]+(_anon_[A-Z0-9_]+)?\\b"