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Boost Python Code Quality: Quick Guide to Installing and Using Flake8 with Git

This guide walks you through installing Flake8 on CentOS 6.4 with Python 2.6, adding optional plugins, running the linter on your files, and integrating it into Git hooks to automatically enforce coding standards.

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Boost Python Code Quality: Quick Guide to Installing and Using Flake8 with Git

Reference documentation:

http://blog.csdn.net/gaoyingju/article/details/50449522 http://flake8.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Environment assumptions:

OS: CentOS release 6.4 (Final) Python: Python 2.6.6 Flake8: 2.5.1 (pep8: 1.5.7, flake8_quotes: 0.1.1, pyflakes: 1.0.0, flake8-debugger: 1.4.0, flake8-respect-noqa: 0.2, flake8-todo: 0.4, import-order: 0.6.1, flake8-immediate: 0.2, radon: , mccabe: 0.3.1, flake8-print: 2.0.1, naming: 0.3.3) CPython 2.6.6 on Linux

Installation steps:

pip install flake8 Optional plugins (install as needed): pip install pep8-naming pip install flake8-import-order pip install flake8-todo pip install flake8-quotes pip install flake8-immediate pip install flake8-debugger pip install radon pip install flake8-print pip install flake8-respect-noqa

How to use:

flake8 filename.py More options are available for you to explore.

Git integration:

flake8 --install-hook git config flake8.strict true

Test results:

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