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authorDaniƫl van Noord <13665637+DanielNoord@users.noreply.github.com>2021-11-04 08:17:52 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-11-04 08:17:52 +0100
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Add script to generate new message category id (#5248)
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@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ Tips for Getting Started with Pylint Development
message to find where the warning is raised,
and therefore where the logic for that code exists.
+* When adding a new checker class you can use the :file:`get_unused_message_id_category.py`
+ script in :file:`./scripts` to get a message id that is not used by
+ any of the other checkers.
Building the documentation
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