diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e48617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# trivial: apply black
+2d00832fc216df36d665d05a16732030ee48f641
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a14705c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 20.8b1
+    hooks:
+    - id: black
+      args: ['--target-version', 'py37', '--skip-string-normalization', '--line-length', '110']
diff --git a/README b/README
index e201ff3..51c084d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ Extension module for the combo content management system, with various
 developments that are at the moment at least specific to the GNM project.
 
 
+Code Style
+----------
+
+black is used to format the code, using thoses parameters:
+
+    black --target-version py37 --skip-string-normalization --line-length 110
+
+There is .pre-commit-config.yaml to use pre-commit to automatically run black
+before commits. (execute `pre-commit install` to install the git hook.)
+
+
 License
 -------