How do I disable “TODO” warnings in pylint?

Question

When running pylint on a python file it shows me warnings regarding TODO comments by default. E.g.:

************* Module foo
W:200, 0: TODO(SE): fi

Answer 1

In our projects we have a pylint.cfg file. We use the --rcfile pylint option to point to that file.

In pylint.cfg, I can disable checker W0511, which is the checker that complains about "TODO" and similar terms in comments. Just add W0511 to the comma-separated list for parameter disable.

But remember that, as Uncle Bob Martin says, a TODO is not an excuse to leave bad code in the system, and the code should be scanned regularly to remove TODOs, and pylint and/or sonarqube issues can work as good reminders and motivation for doing so.