How to add Prettier code formatter to your project?

You can use Prettier to make your code more readable and consistent with your style guide. There are several ways to start Prettier automatically, these are the most popular:

1. pretty-quick

• Use the library pretty-quick to format your changed or staged files.

2. Shell script

• Save this script as .git/hooks/pre-commit and give it execute permission:

If git is reporting that your prettified files are still modified after committing, you may need to add a post-commit script to update git’s index.

Add something like the following to .git/hooks/post-commit:

Configure rules

Create a *.prettierrc file at the root of your project to configure your prettier rules.

Here's an example file containing some popular rules:

For everything you don't want to format, create a .prettierignore file:

Manual Run & Fix

To manual run via CLI, add a command to package.json and run npm run format.