Adding configuration to ensure pylint failures are detected anytime someone makes a local commit and when a new PR is raised against main branch.

Author: VidushiVashishth

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

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+name: Pylint Style Check
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**.py'
+
+jobs:
+  pylint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10" # Adjust to match your target environment
+          cache: 'pip'
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+          
+      - name: Run Pylint
+        run: |
+          # Use the repository's .pylintrc rules on all python files
+          pylint $(git ls-files '*.py')

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-yaml
+
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: pylint
+        name: pylint
+        entry: pylint
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+        require_serial: true
+        # Optional: You can list specific files to exclude here if needed
+        # exclude: ^tests/