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Using Ruff#

To run Ruff, try any of the following:

ruff check .                        # Lint all files in the current directory (and any subdirectories)
ruff check path/to/code/            # Lint all files in `/path/to/code` (and any subdirectories)
ruff check path/to/code/*.py        # Lint all `.py` files in `/path/to/code`
ruff check path/to/code/to/file.py  # Lint `file.py`

You can run Ruff in --watch mode to automatically re-run on-change:

ruff check path/to/code/ --watch

pre-commit#

Ruff can also be used as a pre-commit hook:

- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
  # Ruff version.
  rev: v0.0.270
  hooks:
    - id: ruff

Or, to enable autofix:

- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
  # Ruff version.
  rev: v0.0.270
  hooks:
    - id: ruff
      args: [ --fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix ]

Ruff's pre-commit hook should be placed after other formatting tools, such as Black and isort, unless you enable autofix, in which case, Ruff's pre-commit hook should run before Black, isort, and other formatting tools, as Ruff's autofix behavior can output code changes that require reformatting.

VS Code#

Ruff can also be used as a VS Code extension or alongside any other editor through the Ruff LSP.

GitHub Action#

Ruff can also be used as a GitHub Action via ruff-action.

By default, ruff-action runs as a pass-fail test to ensure that a given repository doesn't contain any lint rule violations as per its configuration. However, under-the-hood, ruff-action installs and runs ruff directly, so it can be used to execute any supported ruff command (e.g., ruff check --fix).

ruff-action supports all GitHub-hosted runners, and can be used with any published Ruff version (i.e., any version available on PyPI).

To use ruff-action, create a file (e.g., .github/workflows/ruff.yml) inside your repository with:

name: Ruff
on: [ push, pull_request ]
jobs:
  ruff:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1

Alternatively, you can include ruff-action as a step in any other workflow file:

      - uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1

ruff-action accepts optional configuration parameters via with:, including:

  • version: The Ruff version to install (default: latest).
  • options: The command-line arguments to pass to Ruff (default: "check").
  • src: The source paths to pass to Ruff (default: ".").

For example, to run ruff check --select B ./src using Ruff version 0.0.259:

- uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
  with:
    src: "./src"
    version: 0.0.259
    args: --select B