LuaFormatter

Reformats your Lua source code.

Editor support

• VS Code: https://github.com/Koihik/vscode-lua-format
• Sublime: https://github.com/Koihik/sublime-lua-format
• Vim: https://github.com/andrejlevkovitch/vim-lua-format

Install

LuaRocks

Requirements

• c++ 17 compiler
• luarocks 3.3.0+

The easiest way to install is to use LuaRocks.

luarocks install --server=https://luarocks.org/dev luaformatter

Build from source

Requirements

• cmake 3.9+
• c++ 17 compiler

Steps

    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Koihik/LuaFormatter.git
    cd LuaFormatter
    cmake .
    make
    make install

Usage

  ./lua-format [Lua scripts...] {OPTIONS}

    Reformats your Lua source code.

  OPTIONS:

      -h, --help                        Display this help menu
      -v, --verbose                     Turn on verbose mode
      -i                                Reformats in-place
      --dump-config                     Dumps the default style used to stdout
      -c[file], --config=[file]         Style config file
      --column-limit=[column limit]     Column limit of one line
      --indent-width=[indentation
      width]                            Number of spaces used for indentation
      --tab-width=[tab width]           Number of spaces used per tab
      --continuation-indent-width=[Continuation
      indentation width]                Indent width for continuations line
      --spaces-before-call=[spaces
      before call]                      Space on function calls
      --column-table-limit=[column
      table limit]                      Column limit of each line of a table
      --table-sep=[table separator]     Character to separate table fields
      --use-tab                         Use tab for indentation
      --no-use-tab                      Do not use tab for indentation
      --keep-simple-control-block-one-line
                                        keep block in one line
      --no-keep-simple-control-block-one-line
                                        Do not keep block in one line
      --keep-simple-function-one-line   keep function in one line
      --no-keep-simple-function-one-line
                                        Do not keep function in one line
      --align-args                      Align the arguments
      --no-align-args                   Do not align the arguments
      --break-after-functioncall-lp     Break after '(' of function call
      --no-break-after-functioncall-lp  Do not break after '(' of function call
      --break-before-functioncall-rp    Break before ')' of function call
      --no-break-before-functioncall-rp Do not break before ')' of function call
      --align-parameter                 Align the parameters
      --no-align-parameter              Do not align the parameters
      --chop-down-parameter             Chop down all parameters
      --no-chop-down-parameter          Do not chop down all parameters
      --break-after-functiondef-lp      Break after '(' of function def
      --no-break-after-functiondef-lp   Do not break after '(' of function def
      --break-before-functiondef-rp     Break before ')' of function def
      --no-break-before-functiondef-rp  Do not break before ')' of function def
      --align-table-field               Align fields of table
      --no-align-table-field            Do not align fields of table
      --break-after-table-lb            Break after '{' of table
      --no-break-after-table-lb         Do not break after '{' of table
      --break-before-table-rb           Break before '}' of table
      --no-break-before-table-rb        Do not break before '}' of table
      --chop-down-table                 Chop down any table
      --no-chop-down-table              Do not chop down any table
      --chop-down-kv-table              Chop down table if table contains key
      --no-chop-down-kv-table           Do not chop down table if table contains
                                        key
      --extra-sep-at-table-end          Add a extra field separator
      --no-extra-sep-at-table-end       Do not add a extra field separator
      --break-after-operator            Put break after operators
      --no-break-after-operator         Do not put break after operators
      --double-quote-to-single-quote    Transform string literals to use single
                                        quote
      --no-double-quote-to-single-quote Do not transform string literals to use
                                        single quote
      --single-quote-to-double-quote    Transform string literals to use double
                                        quote
      --no-single-quote-to-double-quote Do not transform string literals to use
                                        double quote
      --spaces-inside-functiondef-parens
                                        Put spaces on the inside of parens in
                                        function headers
      --no-spaces-inside-functiondef-parens
                                        Do not put spaces on the inside of
                                        parens in function headers
      --spaces-inside-functioncall-parens
                                        Put spaces on the inside of parens in
                                        function calls
      --no-spaces-inside-functioncall-parens
                                        Do not put spaces on the inside of
                                        parens in function calls
      --spaces-inside-table-braces      Put spaces on the inside of braces in
                                        table constructors
      --no-spaces-inside-table-braces   Do not put spaces on the inside of
                                        braces in table constructors
      --spaces-around-equals-in-field   Put spaces around the equal sign in
                                        key/value fields
      --no-spaces-around-equals-in-field
                                        Do not put spaces around the equal sign
                                        in key/value fields
      --line-breaks-after-function-body
                                        Line brakes after function body
      Lua scripts...                    Lua scripts to format
      "--" can be used to terminate flag options and force all following
      arguments to be treated as positional options

The program will attempt to automatically use the current directory's .lua-format file if no config file is passed in the command line. If none is found, it will try to locate a .lua-format file in a parent directory recursively. On Linux it will use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/luaformatter/config.yaml if .lua-format does not exist. In case there's no file, it will fallback to the default configuration. The program will give the top priority to the configuration values given in the command-line, then to the configuration files and finally to the hard-coded default values.

Style configure file

Configuration parameters not specified fallback to their default values.

See this file

Default configuration

column_limit: 80
indent_width: 4
use_tab: false
tab_width: 4
continuation_indent_width: 4
spaces_before_call: 1
keep_simple_control_block_one_line: true
keep_simple_function_one_line: true
align_args: true
break_after_functioncall_lp: false
break_before_functioncall_rp: false
spaces_inside_functioncall_parens: false
spaces_inside_functiondef_parens: false
align_parameter: true
chop_down_parameter: false
break_after_functiondef_lp: false
break_before_functiondef_rp: false
align_table_field: true
break_after_table_lb: true
break_before_table_rb: true
chop_down_table: false
chop_down_kv_table: true
table_sep: ","
column_table_limit: column_limit
extra_sep_at_table_end: false
spaces_inside_table_braces: false
break_after_operator: true
double_quote_to_single_quote: false
single_quote_to_double_quote: false
spaces_around_equals_in_field: true
line_breaks_after_function_body: 1

Disable formatting for a line or block

Sometimes it may be useful to disable automatic formatting. This is done be putting the code between LuaFormatter off and LuaFormatter on tags:

-- LuaFormatter off
matrix = {
   {1, 0, 0, 0},
   {1, 1, 0, 0},
   {1, 1, 1, 0},
   {1, 1, 1, 1}
}
-- LuaFormatter on

Limitations

• Do not work when source file contains syntax error
• Do not support 'Format selection'