flake8 on all files under specific subdirectories

Question

I'm trying to use flake8 only on 3 specific sub directories: features_v2, rules_v2 and indicators_v2.

In order to test if my pattern is correct I tried applying it only to features_v2 at first. so I came up with this pattern: exclude = ^(?!.*features_v2).*$ but sadly it doesn't seems to work. Is flake8 does not support lookaround, or it does and I did something wrong?

Is there a better way to use flake on 3 different subdirectories?

Heirloom

Answer 1

flake8's exclude is not a regex but a glob -- it cannot support what you're looking for

may I suggest instead to run flake8 on the directories you want?

flake8 features_v2 rules_v2 indicators_v2

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disclaimer: I maintain flake8

Anatto

How do you check for all subdirectories? Is it flake8 ./* or flake8 **/** or something else? – Fleck

I believe I got my answer it's: flake8 **/*.py – Fleck