Example pylintrc (mostly based off a few OpenStack projects' pylintrcs)

.pylintrc

[MASTER]
ignore=CVS,.git,.venv,.env,.env3,.tox,dist,doc,*egg,alembic
extension-pkg-whitelist=alembic

[TYPECHECK]
# generated-members=SymbolName

[MESSAGES CONTROL]
# C0111: Missing module docstring
# C0301: Line too long (pycodestyle checks this)
# C0325: Unnecessary parens after 'print' keyword
# C0330: Wrong continued indentation (pycodestyle checks this)
# I0011: Locally disabling
# W0142: Used * or ** magic
# W0235: Useless super delegation in method
# W0511: TODO (we're all adults here)
# W0703: Catching too general exception Exception (often necessary)
disable=C0111,C0301,C0325,C0330,I0011,W0142,W0235,W0511,W0703

[REPORTS]
reports=y
output-format=colorized

# Include the message ID for easy blacklisting
# msg-template={msg_id}:{line:3d},{column}: {obj}: {msg}

[BASIC]
# Allow single-letter variable names (for unit tests)
variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$

# Allow single-letter argument names (for unit tests)
argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$

# Allow 3+ character and test suite method names
method-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,40}|GET|HEAD|PUT|POST|DELETE|setUp|tearDown)$

# Don't require docstrings for magic methods and test suite classes/methods
no-docstring-rgx=((__.*__)|((.*_)?[tT]est.*)|([mM]ock.*)|setUp|tearDown)$

# Constants can be BLA_BLA or logger
const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__)|logger)$

[DESIGN]
max-args=10

# (R0903) Some special classes might use only magic methods
min-public-methods=0

# (R0904) TestCase inheritance means ~45 public methods for starters
max-public-methods=50