From 4d23c1fc837c0f90e8625c535798fef4f48c21f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 16:51:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Change default format for ecosystem checks to `markdown`
 (#8412)

To facilitate easier local runs
---
 python/ruff-ecosystem/README.md             | 3 +++
 python/ruff-ecosystem/ruff_ecosystem/cli.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/ruff-ecosystem/README.md b/python/ruff-ecosystem/README.md
index abc6be7e57..7d05431669 100644
--- a/python/ruff-ecosystem/README.md
+++ b/python/ruff-ecosystem/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Run `ruff format` ecosystem checks comparing your debug build to your system Ruf
 ruff-ecosystem format ruff "./target/debug/ruff"
 ```
 
+The default output format is markdown, which includes nice summaries of the changes. You can use `--output-format json` to display the raw data — this is
+particularly useful when making changes to the ecosystem checks.
+
 ## Development
 
 When developing, it can be useful to set the `--pdb` flag to drop into a debugger on failure:
diff --git a/python/ruff-ecosystem/ruff_ecosystem/cli.py b/python/ruff-ecosystem/ruff_ecosystem/cli.py
index ef5c9860af..97e523ac22 100644
--- a/python/ruff-ecosystem/ruff_ecosystem/cli.py
+++ b/python/ruff-ecosystem/ruff_ecosystem/cli.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--output-format",
         choices=[option.name for option in OutputFormat],
-        default="json",
+        default="markdown",
         help="Location for caching cloned repositories",
     )
     parser.add_argument(