Document ‘strict’ config file option

andersk · andersk · commit 7d5c8acfd92c · 2021-09-17T16:46:18.000-07:00
Historically --strict was only supported on the command line, but commit cb0ceb0 (python#8192) added this option to the config file in 0.770. Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
diff --git a/docs/source/config_file.rst b/docs/source/config_file.rst
@@ -610,6 +610,18 @@ section of the command line docs.
    Prohibit equality checks, identity checks, and container checks between
    non-overlapping types.
 
+.. confval:: strict
+
+    :type: boolean
+    :default: False
+
+   Enable all optional error checking flags.  You can see the list of
+   flags enabled by strict mode in the full :option:`mypy --help`
+   output.
+
+   Note: the exact list of flags enabled by :confval:`strict` may
+   change over time.
+
 
 Configuring error messages
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