How do I create a pylintrc file

Question

I am running linux. Can I do something like pylint --generate-rcfile > .pylintrc and then make changes to the resulting .pylintrc file to override the default settings? And if so should it be in my ~/ directory or should I put it in .pylint.d?

Answer 1

You may put it in:

• /etc/pylintrc for default global configuration
• ~/.pylintrc for default user configuration
• <your project>/pylintrc for default project configuration (used when you'll run pylint <your project>)
• wherever you want, then use pylint --rcfile=<wherever I want>

Also notice when generating the rc file, you may add option on the command line before the --generate-rcfile, they will be considered in the generated file.

Answer 2

According to documentation here, we can use the following command to generate a pylint rc file with all its options present:

pylint --generate-rcfile > ~/.pylintrc

The above command will create the file .pylintrc under your home directory. Then you can tweak the rc file to fit your needs.