Sample Usage

To integrate vulture with pytest and find dead code, use the following commands:

1. Basic Usage Run vulture with pytest to check for dead code:

   pytest --vulture

2. Custom Configuration Specify a custom configuration file path:

   pytest --vulture --vulture-cfg-file=/path/to/vulture.ini

   Note: By default, the tool looks for configuration files in the following order:

   • pyproject.toml

   • tox.ini

   • vulture.ini

Ignoring Vulture Messages

You can ignore specific warnings from vulture directly in the source code. Here’s how:

• Ignore Specific Lines:

  def test_function():
      unused_variable = 42  # vulture: ignore

• Ignore Entire Methods:

  def ignored_function():  # vulture: ignore
      pass

• Ignore Classes:

  class IgnoredClass:  # vulture: ignore
      pass

Configuring with pyproject.toml

Here’s an example of how to configure vulture using pyproject.toml:

[tool.vulture]
# Exclude specific paths (e.g., test directories)
exclude = [
    "*/test/*",
]

# Ignore specific files in the `pytest` output (but they are still checked by `vulture`)
ignore = [
    "src/some_ignored_file.py",
]

# Ignore specific function or variable names
ignore-names = [
    "deprecated_function",
]

# Ignore decorators
ignore-decorators = [
    "@app.route",
    "@celery.task",
]

# Ignore specific types of messages (e.g., imports)
ignore-types = [
    "import",
]

# Define the source path
source-path = "src"

Configuring with .ini Config Files

Here’s an example of how to configure vulture using an .ini file:

[vulture]
exclude =
    */test/*  # Usually exclude tests as they may cover dead code

ignore =
    src/some_ignored_file.py

ignore-names =
    deprecated_function

ignore-decorators =
    @app.route
    @celery.task

ignore-types =
    attribute
    variable

Acknowledgements

This code depends on vulture

Development

If you want to help development, there is overview documentation in DEVELOPMENT.rst.

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

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