Hey all,
We use flake8 at Dropbox and are pretty happy with it. But one small issue
is the way that flake8 configuration gets discovered. We use the
per-project configuration via setup.cfg files which are checked into source
control, but flake8 only considers the first setup.cfg in the directory
path (regardless of whether it contains a flake8 section or not). This
forces us to duplicate our [flake8] configuration across all of our various
setup.cfgs.
Said in crude ascii form, this is a simplified version of our project
layout:
- repo root
|- setup.cfg (default values)
\- subservice #1
\- setup.cfg (which has non-flake8 overrides for subservice #1)
\- subservice #2
\- setup.cfg (which similarly contains non-flake8 overrides for
subservice #2)
But before I go off trying to patch flake8 code, is there relevant
background on why you guys don't try to discover the first setup.cfg with a
flake8 section, but instead just consider the first encountered setup.cfg?
We've seen teams accidentally break flake8 checking whenever they add
setup.cfg files for non-flake8 projects, and the "fix" is to copy/paste the
flake8 section into those new files.
Or alternatively, should we be doing something different with our project
layout as a workaround? It's entirely possible that we should be
configuring things differently overall...?
Thanks!
Willy
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