Add script to generate new message category id (#5248)

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/extensions/__init__.py b/pylint/extensions/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..96568077c 100644
--- a/pylint/extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/extensions/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from pylint.utils import register_plugins
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pylint.lint import PyLinter
+
+
+def initialize(linter: "PyLinter") -> None:
+    """Initialize linter with checkers in the extensions directory"""
+    register_plugins(linter, __path__[0])  # type: ignore # Fixed in https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/9454
+
+
+__all__ = ["initialize"]