isort v5.8.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2021-03-20 // about 3 years ago
    • Fixed #1631: as import comments can in some cases be duplicated.
    • Fixed #1667: extra newline added with float-to-top, after skip, in some cases.
    • Fixed #1594: incorrect placement of noqa comments with multiple from imports.
    • Fixed #1566: in some cases different length limits for dos based line endings.
    • Implemented #1648: Export MyPY type hints.
    • Implemented #1641: Identified import statements now return runnable code.
    • Implemented #1661: Added "wemake" profile.
    • Implemented #1669: Parallel (-j) now defaults to number of CPU cores if no value is provided.
    • Implemented #1668: Added a safeguard against accidental usage against /.
    • Implemented #1638 / #1644: Provide a flag --overwrite-in-place to ensure same file handle is used after sorting.
    • Implemented #1684: Added support for extending skips with --extend-skip and --extend-skip-glob.
    • Implemented #1688: Auto identification and skipping of some invalid import statements.
    • Implemented #1645: Ability to reverse the import sorting order.
    • Implemented #1504: Added ability to push star imports to the top to avoid overriding explicitly defined imports.
    • Documented #1685: Skip doesn't support plain directory names, but skip_glob does.