From c2c2f51c35059302fe96311819bf7e3ff9ecfbe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tbennett0 Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:24:32 -0600 Subject: Update docs to explain escape character not valid (#7103) Adding note from #5415 to docs Co-authored-by: Pierre Sassoulas --- pylint/lint/base_options.py | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'pylint/lint') diff --git a/pylint/lint/base_options.py b/pylint/lint/base_options.py index d909e39c5..3ee0d5238 100644 --- a/pylint/lint/base_options.py +++ b/pylint/lint/base_options.py @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ def _make_linter_options(linter: PyLinter) -> Options: "default": [], "help": "Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the " "ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in " - "Posix or Windows format.", + "Posix or Windows format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter " + "on Windows systems, it can't be used as an escape character.", }, ), ( -- cgit v1.2.1