Disable `pylintUseMinimalCheckers` when local pylint config exists

[patrys]

I understand that it makes sense to hide some errors by default but if a project explicitly configures the linter then I think the editor should not override local choices. I am specifically talking about cases where one of the following is true:

• .pylintrc exists
• pylintrc exists
• PYLINTRC environment variable is set and points to an existing file
• pylintArgs setting is customized

[MikhailArkhipov]

It should become disabled. See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/blob/master/src/client/linters/pylint.ts, hasConfigurationFile. Logic copied from pylint itself. Can you provide repro when it doesn't?

[parkerd]

There's a faulty assumption at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/blob/master/src/client/linters/pylint.ts#L82-L84 that the directory should have __init__.py, which generally won't be true if .pylintrc is at the root of a repo.

For reference, this is the relevant logic in pylint: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/pylint/config.py#L106-L113 . It will look .. one directory from the last __init__.py, instead of leaving the loop when there is none.

[MikhailArkhipov]

Makes sense. Thank you.

[MikhailArkhipov]

The assumption was based on

def find_pylintrc():
...
        curdir = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())
        while os.path.isfile(os.path.join(curdir, '__init__.py')):
            curdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(curdir, '..'))
            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(curdir, 'pylintrc')):
                return os.path.join(curdir, 'pylintrc')
            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(curdir, '.pylintrc')):
                return os.path.join(curdir, '.pylintrc')

which appears to only walk up the tree if __init.py__ is present...

https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/run.html#command-line-options

You can specify a configuration file on the command line using the --rcfile option. Otherwise, Pylint searches for a configuration file in the following order and uses the first one it finds:

1. pylintrc in the current working directory
2. .pylintrc in the current working directory
3. If the current working directory is in a Python module, Pylint searches up the hierarchy of Python modules until it finds a pylintrc file. This allows you to specify coding standards on a module-by-module basis. Of course, a directory is judged to be a Python module if it contains an __init__.py file.
4. The file named by environment variable PYLINTRC
5. if you have a home directory which isn’t /root:
   a.pylintrc in your home directory
   b. config/pylintrc in your home directory
6. /etc/pylintrc

[MikhailArkhipov]

Actual problem is that check for the config file happens before run and then run changes current working directory to the workspace root.