Based on https://github.com/johnnoone/setuptools-pylint
This package exposes the pep8 style guide checker as a sub-command of setup.py:
$ cat setup.py
...
setup(
name='your project',
setup_requires=['setuptools-pep8']
)
....
$ cat setup.cfg
...
[pep8]
ignore=E225
...
$ python setup.py pep8
running pep8
./setup.py:41:1: W391 blank line at end of fileThis invokes pep8 and applies any configuration from your setup.cfg file's [pep8] section.
It skips packages named "test" or "tests".