Pre-commit integration

pylint can be used as a pre-commit hook.

Since pylint needs to import modules and dependencies to work correctly, the hook only works with a local installation of pylint (in your environment). If you installed pylint locally it can be added to .pre-commit-config.yaml as follows:

- repo: local
  hooks:
    - id: pylint
      name: pylint
      entry: pylint
      language: system
      types: [python]
      args:
        [
          "-rn", # Only display messages
          "-sn", # Don't display the score
        ]

You can use args to pass command line arguments as described in the Tutorial. A hook with more arguments could look something like this:

- repo: local
  hooks:
    - id: pylint
      name: pylint
      entry: pylint
      language: system
      types: [python]
      args:
        [
          "-rn", # Only display messages
          "-sn", # Don't display the score
          "--rcfile=pylintrc", # Link to your config file
          "--load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams", # Load an extension
        ]