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+# vim: ft=config
+
+[BASIC]
+max-module-lines=2000
+# due to SQL
+max-line-length=200
+# Drop/decrease them one day:
+max-branches=50
+max-nested-blocks=10
+max-statements=200
+
+[FORMAT]
+ignore-long-lines = (# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable = bad-continuation,
+          missing-docstring,
+          bad-whitespace,
+          too-few-public-methods,
+          invalid-name,
+          too-many-arguments,
+          keyword-arg-before-vararg,
+          too-many-locals,
+          too-many-instance-attributes,
+          cell-var-from-loop,
+          fixme,
+          too-many-public-methods,
+          wildcard-import,
+          unused-wildcard-import,
+          singleton-comparison,
+          # pytest.mark.parametrize is not callable (not-callable)
+          not-callable,
+          # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3882
+          # [Python 3.9] Value 'Optional' is unsubscriptable (unsubscriptable-object) (also Union)
+          unsubscriptable-object,
+          # Drop them one day:
+          redefined-outer-name,
+          broad-except,
+          bare-except,
+          no-else-return,
+          global-statement
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+# due to SQL
+min-similarity-lines=1000