INFO: latexindent version 3.4.1, 2018-01-18, a script to indent .tex files latexindent lives here: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexindent/ Sun Jul 22 20:59:01 2018 Reading input from STDIN INFO: Processing switches: INFO: Directory for backup files and indent.log: . INFO: YAML settings read: defaultSettings.yaml Reading defaultSettings.yaml from /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/latexindent/defaultSettings.yaml INFO: YAML settings read: indentconfig.yaml or .indentconfig.yaml Home directory is /projects/427a963d-16b9-42eb-b049-469015a527e1 (didn't find either indentconfig.yaml or .indentconfig.yaml) To specify user settings you would put indentconfig.yaml here: /projects/427a963d-16b9-42eb-b049-469015a527e1/indentconfig.yaml Alternatively, you can use the hidden file .indentconfig.yaml as: /projects/427a963d-16b9-42eb-b049-469015a527e1/.indentconfig.yaml