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| author | Bryce Guinta <bryce.paul.guinta@gmail.com> | 2017-10-10 21:10:05 -0600 |
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| committer | Claudiu Popa <pcmanticore@gmail.com> | 2017-10-12 09:22:51 +0200 |
| commit | af79045faaac93aa9f3dda29ba8e54b7bc74ee1f (patch) | |
| tree | 34fe6302df3292170939935074056fe22e9c6432 /doc | |
| parent | d7761264e6c409067d9e73d067c51e3c40d77d13 (diff) | |
| download | pylint-git-af79045faaac93aa9f3dda29ba8e54b7bc74ee1f.tar.gz | |
Explain how to make a plugin findable by pylint
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diff --git a/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst b/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst index 3ce996704..eb2287988 100644 --- a/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst +++ b/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst @@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ we can run pylint with only our checker:: Now we can debug our checker! +.. Note:: + + ``my_plugin`` refers to a module called ``my_plugin.py``. + This module can be made available to pylint by putting this + module's parent directory in your ``PYTHONPATH`` + environment variable or by adding the ``my_plugin.py`` + file to the ``pylint/checkers`` directory if running from source. + Testing a Checker ----------------- Pylint is very well suited to test driven development. |