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Expand Up @@ -178,6 +178,23 @@ which is read using Python's
`configparser <https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#supported-ini-file-structure>`_.
For example, comments are possible using ``;`` or ``#`` as the first character.

Values in an INI file entry cannot start with a ``-`` character, so if you need to do this,
structure your entries like this:

.. code-block:: ini

[codespell]
dictionary = mydict,-
ignore-words = bar,-foo

instead of these invalid entries:

.. code-block:: ini

[codespell]
dictionary = -,mydict
ignore-words = -foo,bar

Codespell will also check in the current directory for a ``pyproject.toml``
(or a path can be specified via ``--toml <filename>``) file, and the
``[tool.codespell]`` entry will be used, but only if the tomli_ package
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