Create --preview CLI flag

CHANGES.md

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 
 - All upper version bounds on dependencies have been removed (#2718)
 
+### Preview style
+
+- Introduce the `--preview` flag with no style changes (#2752)
+
 ### Integrations
 
 - Update GitHub action to support containerized runs (#2748)

docs/contributing/the_basics.md

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ go back and workout what to add to the `CHANGES.md` for each release.
 
 If a change would affect the advertised code style, please modify the documentation (The
 _Black_ code style) to reflect that change. Patches that fix unintended bugs in
-formatting don't need to be mentioned separately though.
+formatting don't need to be mentioned separately though. If the change is implemented
+with the `--preview` flag, please include the change in the future style document
+instead and write the changelog entry under a dedicated "Preview changes" heading.
 
 ### Docs Testing
 

docs/the_black_code_style/future_style.md

@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ Currently, _Black_ does not split long strings to fit the line length limit. Cur
 there is [an experimental option](labels/experimental-string) to enable splitting
 strings. We plan to enable this option by default once it is fully stable. This is
 tracked in [this issue](https://github.com/psf/black/issues/2188).
+
+## Preview style
+
+Experimental, potentially disruptive style changes are gathered under the
+`--preview` CLI flag. At the end of each year, these changes may be
+adopted into the default style, as described in
+[The Black Code Style](the_black_code_style/index.rst).

docs/the_black_code_style/index.rst

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ versions of *Black*:
   improved formatting enabled by newer Python language syntax as well as due
   to improvements in the formatting logic.
 
-- The ``--future`` flag is exempt from this policy. There are no guarantees
+- The ``--preview`` flag is exempt from this policy. There are no guarantees
   around the stability of the output with that flag passed into *Black*. This
   flag is intended for allowing experimentation with the proposed changes to
   the *Black* code style.

src/black/__init__.py

@@ -245,6 +245,14 @@ def validate_regex(
         " Currently disabled because it leads to some crashes."
     ),
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--preview",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help=(
+        "Enable potentially disruptive style changes that will be added to Black's main"
+        " functionality in the next major release."
+    ),
+)
 @click.option(
     "--check",
     is_flag=True,
@@ -398,6 +406,7 @@ def main(
     skip_string_normalization: bool,
     skip_magic_trailing_comma: bool,
     experimental_string_processing: bool,
+    preview: bool,
     quiet: bool,
     verbose: bool,
     required_version: Optional[str],
@@ -439,6 +448,7 @@ def main(
         string_normalization=not skip_string_normalization,
         magic_trailing_comma=not skip_magic_trailing_comma,
         experimental_string_processing=experimental_string_processing,
+        preview=preview,
     )
 
     if code is not None:

src/black/mode.py

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class Mode:
     is_ipynb: bool = False
     magic_trailing_comma: bool = True
     experimental_string_processing: bool = False
+    preview: bool = False
 
     def get_cache_key(self) -> str:
         if self.target_versions:
@@ -147,5 +148,6 @@ def get_cache_key(self) -> str:
             str(int(self.is_ipynb)),
             str(int(self.magic_trailing_comma)),
             str(int(self.experimental_string_processing)),
+            str(int(self.preview)),
         ]
         return ".".join(parts)

tests/test_format.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import replace
-from typing import Any, Iterator
+from typing import Any, Iterator, List
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     read_data,
 )
 
-SIMPLE_CASES = [
+SIMPLE_CASES: List[str] = [
     "beginning_backslash",
     "bracketmatch",
     "class_blank_parentheses",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "tupleassign",
 ]
 
-EXPERIMENTAL_STRING_PROCESSING_CASES = [
+EXPERIMENTAL_STRING_PROCESSING_CASES: List[str] = [
     "cantfit",
     "comments7",
     "long_strings",
@@ -64,15 +64,17 @@
     "percent_precedence",
 ]
 
-PY310_CASES = [
+PY310_CASES: List[str] = [
     "pattern_matching_simple",
     "pattern_matching_complex",
     "pattern_matching_extras",
     "pattern_matching_style",
     "parenthesized_context_managers",
 ]
 
-SOURCES = [
+PREVIEW_CASES: List[str] = []
+
+SOURCES: List[str] = [
     "src/black/__init__.py",
     "src/black/__main__.py",
     "src/black/brackets.py",
@@ -138,6 +140,11 @@ def test_experimental_format(filename: str) -> None:
     check_file(filename, black.Mode(experimental_string_processing=True))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", PREVIEW_CASES)
+def test_preview_format(filename: str) -> None:
+    check_file(filename, black.Mode(preview=True))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", SOURCES)
 def test_source_is_formatted(filename: str) -> None:
     path = THIS_DIR.parent / filename