# `typos` Reference
## Configuration
### Sources
Configuration is read from the following (in precedence order)
- Command line arguments
- File specified via `--config PATH`
- Search parents of specified file / directory for one of `typos.toml`, `_typos.toml`, or `.typos.toml`
### Config Fields
| files.binary | --binary | bool | Check binary files as text |
| files.extend-exclude | --exclude | list of strings | Typos-specific ignore globs (gitignore syntax) |
| files.ignore-hidden | --hidden | bool | Skip hidden files and directories. |
| files.ignore-files | --ignore | bool | Respect ignore files. |
| files.ignore-dot | --ignore-dot | bool | Respect .ignore files. |
| files.ignore-vcs | --ignore-vcs | bool | Respect ignore files in vcs directories. |
| files.ignore-global | --ignore-global | bool | Respect global ignore files. |
| files.ignore-parent | --ignore-parent | bool | Respect ignore files in parent directories. |
| default.binary | --binary | bool | Check binary files as text |
| default.check-filename | \- | bool | Verifying spelling in file names. |
| default.check-file | \- | bool | Verifying spelling in files. |
| default.unicode | --unicode | bool | Allow unicode characters in identifiers (and not just ASCII) |
| default.locale | --locale | en, en-us, en-gb, en-ca, en-au | English dialect to correct to. |
| default.extend-identifiers | \- | table of strings | Corrections for identifiers. When the correction is blank, the word is never valid. When the correction is the key, the word is always valid. |
| default.extend-words | \- | table of strings | Corrections for identifiers. When the correction is blank, the word is never valid. When the correction is the key, the word is always valid. |
| type.<name>.<field> | <varied> | <varied> | See `default.` for child keys. Run with `--type-list` to see available `<name>`s |
| type.<name>.extend_globs | \- | list of strings | File globs for matching `<name>` |
