Flake8 __author__ checker
Project description
flake8-author is a Flake8 extension that checks Python modules for module-level __author__ attributes.
There is no official standard on __author__ usage. It is used largely by convention. Guido had this to say back in 2001:
Anothor source of discomfort is that there’s absolutely no standard for this kind of meta-data variables. We’ve got __version__, and I believe we once agreed on that (in 1994 or so :-). But __author__? __credits__? What next – __cute_signoff__?
This extension can therefore be configured to explicitly require or forbid __author__ attributes. By default, __author__ is considered optional.
If the __author__ attribute is allowed, its value can also be validated using a configurable regular expression pattern.
Installation
Install from PyPI using pip:
$ pip install flake8-author
The extension will be activated automatically by flake8. You can verify that it has been loaded by inspecting the flake8 --version string.
$ flake8 --version
3.4.1 (author: 1.1.4, mccabe: 0.6.1, pycodestyle: 2.3.1, pyflakes: 1.5.0) CPython 2.7.13 on Darwin
Error Codes
This extension adds three new error codes (using the A40 prefix):
A400: a module-level __author__ attribute is required
A401: __author__ attributes are not allowed
A402: __author__ attribute value does not match pattern
Configuration
Configuration values are specified in the [flake8] section of your config file or as command line arguments (e.g. --author-attribute=required).
author-attribute: “optional”, “required”, “forbidden” (default: optional)
author-pattern: __author__ validation re pattern (default: '')
Changes
1.1.4 (2017-07-29)
Minor code and packaging cleanup.
1.1.3 (2017-07-28)
Drop the setup_requires dependency on flake8.
1.1.2 (2017-01-12)
Only apply the author regular expression pattern check when a pattern has actually been configured.
1.1.1 (2016-11-06)
Fix configuration file parsing for flake8 3.0+.
1.1.0 (2016-08-15)
Support flake8 3.0.0 (required for development)
1.0.2 (2016-06-02)
Support flake8 version 2.6.0
Drop test dependency on pytest (development only)
1.0.1 (2016-05-11)
Fixed parser validation for configuration-based options
1.0.0 (2016-04-30)
Initial release
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