PyCQA/bandit

config file as described in README.rst does not work

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#317 opened on Jun 18, 2018

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To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. create .bandit file with content:
[bandit]
tests: B101,B102,B301
  1. run bandit -c .bandit -r module/
  2. get error: [main] ERROR .bandit : Error parsing file.

Expected behavior working as described in readme

Bandit version

bandit 1.4.0

Additional context Docs say it should be YAML and not INI. https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html

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Investigate if Bandit's config parser supports INI format or if the README needs correction. Trace the config loading code and check documentation sources.
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