Pylint Processor

Purpose

Lints Python source files using pylint.

How It Works

Discovers .py files in the project (excluding common non-source directories), runs pylint on each file, and creates a stub file on success. A non-zero exit code from pylint fails the product.

This processor supports batch mode, allowing multiple files to be checked in a single pylint invocation for better performance.

If a .pylintrc file exists in the project root, it is automatically added as an extra input so that configuration changes trigger rebuilds.

Source Files

Input: **/*.py
Output: none (checker — a passing check is recorded in the cache, no file is written)

Configuration

[processor.checker.pylint]
args = []                                  # Additional arguments to pass to pylint
dep_inputs = []                          # Additional files that trigger rebuilds (e.g. ["pyproject.toml"])

Key	Type	Default	Description
`args`	string[]	`[]`	Extra arguments passed to pylint
`dep_inputs`	string[]	`[]`	Extra files whose changes trigger rebuilds
`output_depends_on_input_name`	bool	`true`	Key cached results by file path as well as content, because pylint derives the module name and import resolution from the path. A renamed file is re-checked instead of reusing its old verdict. See `output_depends_on_input_name`

Batch support

The tool accepts multiple files on the command line. When batching is enabled (default), rsconstruct passes all files in a single invocation for better performance.

Clean behavior

This processor is a Checker — rsconstruct clean outputs is a no-op for it (checkers produce no outputs). See Clean behavior and rsconstruct clean.

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