Add use of Flake8 to contributing.txt

8 years ago · 4abef5ce23
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--- a/contributing.txt
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@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ following:
 - all new features must come with a test (or several if it is
  a big feature)

+Meson uses Flake8 for style guide enforcement. The Flake8 options for
+the project are contained in setup.cfg.
+
+To run Flake8 on your local clone of Meson:
+
+ $ python3 -m pip install flake8
+ $ cd meson
+ $ flake8

 C/C++ coding style