## Objective

Run [Flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) on your Python code to ensure it adheres to PEP8
standards and to detect various errors such as syntax errors, semantic errors, and complex code.
Flake8 is a Python tool that glues together pycodestyle, pyflakes, and McCabe.

### Global Configuration of Flake8

To add configuration to `flake8` shared with any other usage of flake8 (such as manual run,
pre-commit, etc), you can use `.flake8` configuration file. Learn more
about [flake8 configuration](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/configuration.html) files.

See this example:

```ini
[flake8]
exclude = .git,__pycache__,venv,dist
max-complexity = 10
max-line-length = 100
```

This example sets the maximum line length to 100 characters, excludes the tests directory, and sets
the maximum complexity to 10.

## How to use it

1. Configure the `.flake8` file in your repository's root directory with your desired rules.
2. Include the flake8 template in your CI/CD configuration (see quick use above).
3. If you need to customize the job, check
   the [jobs customization](https://docs.r2devops.io/get-started/use-templates/#job-templates-customization).
## Add a <a href="https://flake8.pycqa.org/"><img alt="Code style: Flake8" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Flake8-checks-blue"></a> Badge to your project README.md

To display the use of Flake8 in your project, you can add the following badge to your README.md:

```markdown
<a href="https://flake8.pycqa.org/">
    <img alt="Code style: Flake8" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Flake8-checks-blue">
</a>
```