Add Topiary to “Formatting Your Code”

Author: toastal

data/tutorials/platform/1_07_code_formatting.md

@@ -30,3 +30,65 @@ format all files from your codebase:
 ```shell
 $ opam exec -- dune fmt
 ```
+
+
+## Using Topiary
+
+[Topiary](https://topiary.tweag.io) is a Tree-sitter-based code formatter
+supporting multiple languages, including OCaml & OCamllex. It can be invoked
+with
+
+```shell-session
+$ topiary format source.ml
+```
+
+Topiary does not require an empty configuration file to operate & has its own
+set of defaults, however, it can be
+[configured](https://topiary.tweag.io/book/cli/configuration.html).
+
+### Example configuration setup
+
+This example configuration will override the default configuration to use 1 tab
+character for indentation by creating a `.topiary.ncl` Nickel configuration
+file.
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable commands-show-output -->
+```shell-session
+$ touch .topiary.ncl
+$ $EDITOR .topiary.ncl
+```
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable no-hard-tabs -->
+```nickel
+{
+	languages = {
+		nickel.indent | priority 1 = "\t",
+		ocaml.indent | priority 1 = "\t",
+		ocaml_interface.indent | priority 1 = "\t",
+		ocamllex.indent | priority 1 = "\t",
+	},
+}
+```
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+
+Then this file needs to be exported to the environment such as `export
+TOPIARY_CONFIG_FILE=".topiary.ncl"` in Bash/ZSH or `set -x TOPIARY_CONFIG_FILE
+".topiary.ncl"` in Fish.
+
+TIP: If using Direnv, the environment variable can also be added to the user’s
+personal `.envrc` so it is exported on switching to the project directory by
+appending with `echo 'export TOPIARY_CONFIG_FILE=".topiary.ncl"' >> .envrc`.
+
+Afterwards, `--merge-configuration` will always merge in the example
+configuration. Invoke Topiary’s formatting with
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable commands-show-output -->
+```shell-session
+$ topiary format --merge-configuration source.ml
+```
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+
+and/or configure your editor to run this command on saving the file.