Deprecate ``generate_config`` (#6222)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/config/callback_actions.py b/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
index f502819b3..28c5683b4 100644
--- a/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
+++ b/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import abc
 import argparse
 import sys
+import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
@@ -235,7 +236,12 @@ class _GenerateRCFileAction(_AccessRunObjectAction):
         values: Union[str, Sequence[Any], None],
         option_string: Optional[str] = "--generate-rcfile",
     ) -> None:
-        self.run.linter.generate_config(skipsections=("COMMANDS",))
+        # pylint: disable-next=fixme
+        # TODO: Optparse: Deprecate this function and raise a warning.
+        # This is (obviously) dependent on a --generate-toml-config flag.
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+            self.run.linter.generate_config(skipsections=("COMMANDS",))
         sys.exit(0)