Running pylint inside Bazel

.github/workflows/lint.yaml

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Analysing the code with pylint
       run: pylint .
 
+    - name: Analyzing the code with Buildifier
+      run: |
+        bazel test //:pylint_test --test_output=errors
+
     - name: Analyzing the code with Buildifier
       run: |
         bazel test //:format_test --test_output=errors

BUILD

@@ -31,3 +31,30 @@ format_test(
     ],
     workspace = "//:WORKSPACE",
 )
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all_py_files",
+    srcs = glob(
+        ["**/*.py"],
+        exclude = [
+            "bazel-*/**",
+            "venv/**",
+            ".ci/**",
+        ],
+    ),
+)
+
+py_test(
+    name = "pylint_test",
+    srcs = ["test/pylint_runner.py"],
+    args = [
+        "--rcfile=$(location .pylintrc)",
+        "$(locations :all_py_files)",
+    ],
+    data = [
+        ".pylintrc",
+        ":all_py_files",
+    ],
+    main = "test/pylint_runner.py",
+    #deps = ["@pypi//pylint"],
+)

test/pylint_runner.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Ericsson AB
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Wrapper for running pylint inside bazel's sandbox
+using the provided python toolchain
+"""
+
+import sys
+from pylint import lint
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    lint.Run(args)