Can you explain what is isort and how it integrates with the black code formatter?

isort is a tool for automatically sorting imports in Python files. It organizes imports into groups (standard libraries, third-party packages, local modules) and alphabetically, which improves code readability and maintainability.

black is a code formatter that automatically formats Python code in a consistent style.

The integration of isort and black usually works as follows:

• First, isort is run to sort the imports.
• Then, black is run to format the entire code, including imports, according to its style.

To avoid conflicts, isort supports a compatibility profile with black, which can be specified in the configuration:

[isort]
profile = black

This ensures that isort does not change the import format in a way that black would then need to fix, and vice versa.

Together, they ensure a neat and consistent style for imports and the entire code.