diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..1f00741 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -127,3 +127,7 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
+
+# all files with "_dnm." in them like foo_dnm.py (dnm = do not merge)
+*_dnm.*
+
diff --git a/batch/test.bat b/batch/test.bat
index 04a069f..2fc4363 100644
--- a/batch/test.bat
+++ b/batch/test.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 @echo off
 
-cd test
-pytest
+IF "%1"=="fmt" (
+    :: Format the code using Black and Autoflake
+    black --config=pyproject.toml .
+    autoflake --config=pyproject.toml .
+) ELSE IF "%1" == "test" (
+    :: Run tests using pytest
+    cd test
+    pytest
+    cd ..
+) ELSE IF "%1"=="cov" (
+    :: Generate code coverage
+    cd test
+    coverage run -m pytest
+    coverage xml -o coverage.xml
+    coverage html
+    cd ..
+) ELSE (
+    echo Invalid flag. Please specify a valid flag.
+)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca29ef1..115d291 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 line-length = 100
 skip-magic-trailing-comma = true
 include = '\.py$'
+quiet = true
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+line_length = 100
 
 [autoflake]
 ignore_init_module_imports = true
diff --git a/requirements.format.txt b/requirements.format.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a85c907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.format.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+black==23.3.0
+autoflake==2.1.1
+isort==5.12.0
\ No newline at end of file