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Diffstat (limited to 'pylint/lint/run.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pylint/lint/run.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pylint/lint/run.py b/pylint/lint/run.py index 1555400cd..95be1a6f7 100644 --- a/pylint/lint/run.py +++ b/pylint/lint/run.py @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os import sys import warnings -from pylint import __pkginfo__, config, extensions, interfaces +from pylint import __pkginfo__, extensions, interfaces from pylint.constants import full_version from pylint.lint.pylinter import PyLinter from pylint.lint.utils import ArgumentPreprocessingError, preprocess_options @@ -269,7 +269,20 @@ group are mutually exclusive.", # load command line plugins linter.load_plugin_modules(self._plugins) # add some help section - linter.add_help_section("Environment variables", config.ENV_HELP, level=1) + linter.add_help_section( + "Environment variables", + """ +The following environment variables are used: + * PYLINTHOME + Path to the directory where persistent data for the run will be stored. If +not found, it defaults to ~/.pylint.d/ or .pylint.d (in the current working +directory). + * PYLINTRC + Path to the configuration file. See the documentation for the method used +to search for configuration file. +""", + level=1, + ) linter.add_help_section( "Output", "Using the default text output, the message format is : \n" |