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Adding `.pylintrc` to cli-extension

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Start with the azdev style [extension name] entry point and inspect how pylint configuration is discovered for CLI extensions. Reproduce the report using the provided .pylintrc with ignore=migrations,vendored_sdks; done means the root configuration is respected and the resulting pylint issues match that configuration.

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Description

We are developing a cli-extension and after upgrading to azdev 0.1.36 we are seeing multiple pylint issues
It seems the .pylintrc in the root folder is not respected in azdev style [extension name]
My current .pylintrc -

[MASTER]
ignore=migrations,vendored_sdks
Dominant language
Python
Stars
91
Forks
134
Avg merge
2h 51m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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