Exclude test files from Pylint

Question

I have my unit tests living alongside my source code. i.e.

├── __init__.py
├── formatter.py
└── test_formatter.py

Is there a way to get Pylint to exclude all files prefixed with test_ from its analysis? The ignore configuration option doesn't seem to like wildcards.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '19 at 11:31

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This was introduced as a feature in Pylint 1.6 via the --ignore-patterns option.

So, to ignore the files above:

pylint myproject --ignore-patterns=test_.*?py

answered Mar 29 '19 at 11:31

Mr. S

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When I add `ignore-patterns=test_.*?py` to the `[MASTER]` section of my `~/.pylintrc` file, no linting happens anymore. – Martin Thoma May 24 '19 at 07:22

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 02 '22 at 15:35

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Adding the below to [master] section in pylintrc works for me. It will ignore both foo_test.py and test_far.py.

ignore-patterns=(.)*_test\.py,test_(.)*\.py

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answered Dec 03 '21 at 16:47

RyoJerryYu

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You don't need the capturing group, `'.*_test\.py, test_.*\.py'` is fine. Also it's safer to match complete filenames, so, `'^.*_test\.py$, ^test_.*\.py$'`. – Abhijit Sarkar Jun 22 '23 at 19:46

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 29 '19 at 11:47

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there is indeed no wildcard support. You may submit a feature request or even better a pull-request on https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint

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answered Nov 26 '15 at 09:43

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Exclude test files from Pylint

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