Configuring error messages

For more information, see the Configuring error messagessection of the command line docs.

These options may only be set in the global section ([mypy]).

• show_error_context (bool, default False)
• Prefixes each error with the relevant context.
• show_column_numbers (bool, default False)
• Shows column numbers in error messages.
• show_error_codes (bool, default False)
• Shows error codes in error messages. See Error codes for more information.
• pretty (bool, default False)
• Use visually nicer output in error messages: use soft word wrap,show source code snippets, and show error location markers.
• color_output (bool, default True)
• Shows error messages with color enabled.
• error_summary (bool, default True)
• Shows a short summary line after error messages.
• show_absolute_path (bool, default False)
• Show absolute paths to files.