How do I exclude South migrations from Pylint?

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I'm using South for migration in my Django project. When I run Pylint on my project I get a bunch of errors from the migration files. How can I exclude migration files from Pylint?

I'm on a Windows system so I can't use filename exclusions in the Pylint options. I've tried to resort to adding # pylint: disable-msg-cat=WCREFI to the top of each of my migration files. It seems very kludgy and seems to be the last resort but this documented directive doesn't work and I get the error [E] Unrecognized file option 'disable-msg-cat'.

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '11 at 18:51

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Adding the following to the .pylintrc file did it.

[MASTER]

# Add <file or directory> to the black list. It should be a base name, not a
# path. You may set this option multiple times.
ignore=tests.py, urls.py, migrations

answered Oct 24 '11 at 18:51

Mridang Agarwalla

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This does not seem to work, need to use ignore-paths with a regex instead – Jens Timmerman Aug 06 '21 at 22:11

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '20 at 03:08

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# .pylintrc
ignore-patterns=\d{4}_.*?.py

answered Apr 29 '20 at 03:08

infinito84

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While this code may solve the question, [including an explanation](//meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762) of how and why this solves the problem would really help to improve the quality of your post, and probably result in more up-votes. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now. Please [edit] your answer to add explanations and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply. [From Review](/review/low-quality-posts/25983565) – double-beep Apr 29 '20 at 08:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '21 at 22:11

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The anser here didn't work for me, the ignore list doesn't work on directories. I had to add

ignore-paths=.*/migrations

answered Aug 06 '21 at 22:11

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I needed `.*/migrations/*` for it to work with pylint 2.14.5 – Addison Klinke Aug 07 '22 at 22:52

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:27

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In recent pylint versions, disable-msg-cat has been unified with other disable-* options as a single 'disable' option. Since then,

# pylint: disable=I,E,R,F,C

may be added on top of files where you don't want any messages issued.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:27

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How do I exclude South migrations from Pylint?

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