docs/release_notes.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ New Features
 * Added support for Python 3.6 (#270).
 * Specifying an invalid error code prefix (e.g., ``--select=D9``) will print
   a warning message to ``stderr`` (#253, #279).
+* Configuration files now support multiple-lined entries (#250, #281).
 Bug Fixes

requirements/runtime.txt

 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
+configparser==3.5.0

setup.py

 from __future__ import with_statement
 from setuptools import setup
+import sys
 # Do not update the version manually - it is managed by `bumpversion`.
 version = '2.0.1rc'
+
+requirements = [
+    'snowballstemmer',
+    'six',
+]
+
+
+# Python3 to Python2 backport support.
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    requirements.append('configparser')
+
+
 setup(
     name='pydocstyle',
     version=version,
@@ -25,10 +38,7 @@ setup(
     packages=('pydocstyle',),
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     package_data={'pydocstyle': ['data/*.txt']},
-    install_requires=[
-        'snowballstemmer',
-        'six',
-    ],
+    install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'pydocstyle = pydocstyle.cli:main',

src/pydocstyle/config.py

@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ from collections import Set, namedtuple
 from re import compile as re
-try:  # Python 3.x
-    from ConfigParser import RawConfigParser
-except ImportError:  # Python 2.x
-    from configparser import RawConfigParser
+from configparser import RawConfigParser
 from .utils import __version__, log
@@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ class ConfigurationParser(object):
         Returns (options, should_inherit).
         """
-        parser = RawConfigParser()
+        parser = RawConfigParser(inline_comment_prefixes=('#', ';'))
         options = None
         should_inherit = True
@@ -453,6 +450,12 @@ class ConfigurationParser(object):
         try:
             for part in code_parts:
+                # Dealing with split-lined configurations; The part might begin
+                # with a whitespace due to the newline character.
+                part = part.strip()
+                if not part:
+                    continue
+
                 codes_to_add = {code for code in codes
                                 if code.startswith(part)}
                 if not codes_to_add:

src/tests/test_integration.py

@@ -277,6 +277,29 @@ def test_sectionless_config_file(env):
     assert 'file does not contain a pydocstyle section' not in err
+def test_multiple_lined_config_file(env):
+    """Test that .ini files with multi-lined entries are parsed correctly."""
+    with env.open('example.py', 'wt') as example:
+        example.write(textwrap.dedent("""\
+            class Foo(object):
+                "Doc string"
+                def foo():
+                    pass
+        """))
+
+    select_string = ('D100,\n'
+                     '  #D103,\n'
+                     ' D204, D300 # Just remember - don\'t check D103!')
+    env.write_config(select=select_string)
+
+    out, err, code = env.invoke()
+    assert code == 1
+    assert 'D100' in out
+    assert 'D204' in out
+    assert 'D300' in out
+    assert 'D103' not in out
+
+
 def test_config_path(env):
     """Test that options are correctly loaded from a specific config file.