Revert "Remove flake8 linting in favor of black formatting"

This reverts commit a7c5d88.

Author: Byron

.flake8

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[flake8]
+show-source = True
+count= True
+statistics = True
+# E265 = comment blocks like @{ section, which it can't handle
+# E266 = too many leading '#' for block comment
+# E731 = do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
+# W293 = Blank line contains whitespace
+# W504 = Line break after operator
+# E704 = multiple statements in one line  - used for @override
+# TC002 = move third party import to TYPE_CHECKING
+# ANN = flake8-annotations
+# TC, TC2 = flake8-type-checking
+# D = flake8-docstrings
+
+# select = C,E,F,W ANN, TC, TC2  # to enable code. Disabled if not listed, including builtin codes
+enable-extensions = TC, TC2  # only needed for extensions not enabled by default
+
+ignore = E265,E266,E731,E704,
+         W293, W504,
+         ANN0 ANN1 ANN2,
+         TC002,
+         TC0, TC1, TC2
+         # B,
+         A,
+         D,
+         RST, RST3
+max-line-length = 120
+
+exclude = .tox,.venv,build,dist,doc,git/ext/,test
+
+rst-roles =  # for flake8-RST-docstrings
+    attr,class,func,meth,mod,obj,ref,term,var  # used by sphinx
+
+min-python-version = 3.7.0

.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml

@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ jobs:
         # and cause subsequent tests to fail
         cat test/fixtures/.gitconfig >> ~/.gitconfig
 
-    - name: Lint with Black
+    - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         set -x
-        black --check .
+        flake8
 
     - name: Check types with mypy
       # With new versions of pypi new issues might arise. This is a problem if there is nobody able to fix them,

README.md

@@ -107,13 +107,15 @@ with MINGW's.
 Ensure testing libraries are installed.
 In the root directory, run: `pip install -r test-requirements.txt`
 
+To lint, run: `flake8`
+
 To typecheck, run: `mypy -p git`
 
 To test, run: `pytest`
 
-Configurations for mypy, pytest and coverage.py are in ./pyproject.toml.
+Configuration for flake8 is in the ./.flake8 file.
 
-Run `black` for formatting.
+Configurations for mypy, pytest and coverage.py are in ./pyproject.toml.
 
 The same linting and testing will also be performed against different supported python versions
 upon submitting a pull request (or on each push if you have a fork with a "main" branch and actions enabled).

git/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+# flake8: noqa
 # @PydevCodeAnalysisIgnore
 from git.exc import *  # @NoMove @IgnorePep8
 import inspect

git/cmd.py

@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ def execute(
                 )
         else:
             cmd_not_found_exception = (
-                FileNotFoundError 
+                FileNotFoundError  # NOQA # exists, flake8 unknown @UndefinedVariable
             )
         # end handle
 

git/compat.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 """utilities to help provide compatibility with python 3"""
+# flake8: noqa
 
 import locale
 import os

git/index/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 """Initialize the index package"""
+# flake8: noqa
 from .base import *
 from .typ import *

git/objects/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 Import all submodules main classes into the package space
 """
+# flake8: noqa
 import inspect
 
 from .base import *

git/refs/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# flake8: noqa
 # import all modules in order, fix the names they require
 from .symbolic import *
 from .reference import *

git/repo/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 """Initialize the Repo package"""
+# flake8: noqa
 from .base import Repo as Repo