Add Python flake8 linting for W291 trailing whitespace with Super-Linter

.github/linters/.flake8

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+[flake8]
+select = W291

.github/workflows/linter.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: Lint Code Base
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: GitHub Super Linter
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: github/super-linter@v4
+        env:
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_FLAKE8: true
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

cloud-cli/cloudapis/__init__.py

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 # with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
+#
 #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-# 
+#
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 # software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
- 
+
 
 '''
 Created on Aug 2, 2010

cloud-cli/cloudtool/__init__.py

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 # with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
+#
 #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-# 
+#
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 # software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
- 
+
 
 '''
 Created on Aug 2, 2010
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 import cloudapis as apis
 import cloudtool.utils as utils
 
-    
+
 def main(argv=None):
-    
+
     #import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
     if argv == None:
        argv = sys.argv
 
     prelim_args = [ x for x in argv[0:] if not x.startswith('-') ]
     parser = utils.get_parser()
-     
+
     api = __import__("cloudapis")
     apis = getattr(api, "implementor")
     if len(prelim_args) == 1:
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ def main(argv=None):
 
     command = utils.lookup_command_in_api(apis,prelim_args[1])
     if not command: parser.error("command %r not supported by the %s API"%(prelim_args[1],prelim_args[0]))
-   
-    argv = argv[1:] 
+
+    argv = argv[1:]
     if len(argv) == 1:
 	argv.append("--help")
 
     parser = utils.get_parser(apis.__init__,command)
     opts,args,api_optionsdict,cmd_optionsdict = parser.parse_args(argv)
-    
-    
+
+
     try:
         api = apis(**api_optionsdict)
     except utils.OptParseError as e:
         parser.error(str(e))
-    
+
     command = utils.lookup_command_in_api(api,args[0])
 
     # we now discard the first two arguments as those necessarily are the api and command names

cloud-cli/cloudtool/utils.py

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 # with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
+#
 #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-# 
+#
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 # software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
- 
+
 
 '''
 Created on Aug 2, 2010
@@ -48,28 +48,28 @@ def error(self, msg):
         error("%s: %s\n" % (self.get_prog_name(),msg))
         self.print_usage(sys.stderr)
         self.exit(os.EX_USAGE)
-        
+
     def parse_args(self,*args,**kwargs):
         options,arguments = OptionParser.parse_args(self,*args,**kwargs)
-        
+
         def prune_options(options,alist):
             """Given 'options' -- a list of arguments to OptionParser.add_option,
             and a set of optparse Values, return a dictionary of only those values
             that apply exclusively to 'options'"""
             return dict( [ (k,getattr(options,k)) for k in dir(options) if k in alist ] )
-        
+
         api_options = prune_options(options,self.api_dests)
         cmd_options = prune_options(options,self.cmd_dests)
-        
+
         return options,arguments,api_options,cmd_options
 
 
 def get_parser(api_callable=None,cmd_callable=None): # this should probably be the __init__ method of myoptionparser
-    
+
     def getdefaulttag(default):
         if default is not None: return " [Default: %default]"
         return ''
-    
+
     def get_arguments_and_options(callable):
         """Infers and returns arguments and options based on a callable's signature.
         Cooperates with decorator @describe"""
@@ -96,37 +96,37 @@ def get_arguments_and_options(callable):
         return arguments,options
 
     basic_usage = "usage: %prog [options...] "
-    
+
     api_name = "<api>"
     cmd_name = "<command>"
     description = "%prog is a command-line tool to access several cloud APIs."
     arguments = ''
     argexp = ""
-    
+
     if api_callable:
         api_name = api_callable.__module__.split(".")[-1].replace("_","-")
         api_arguments,api_options = get_arguments_and_options(api_callable)
         assert len(api_arguments) is 0 # no mandatory arguments for class initializers
-        
+
     if cmd_callable:
         cmd_name = cmd_callable.__name__.replace("_","-")
         cmd_arguments,cmd_options = get_arguments_and_options(cmd_callable)
         if cmd_arguments:
             arguments   = " " + " ".join( [ s[0].upper() for s in cmd_arguments ] )
             argexp = "\n\nArguments:\n" + "\n".join ( "  %s\n                        %s"%(s.upper(),u) for s,u in cmd_arguments )
         description = cmd_callable.__doc__
-       
+
     api_command = "%s %s"%(api_name,cmd_name)
 
     if description: description = "\n\n" + description
     else: description = ''
-        
+
     usage = basic_usage + api_command + arguments + description + argexp
 
     parser = MyOptionParser(usage=usage, add_help_option=False)
-    
+
     parser.add_option('--help', action="help")
- 
+
     group = parser.add_option_group("General options")
     group.add_option('-v', '--verbose', dest="verbose", help="Print extra output")
 
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ def get_arguments_and_options(callable):
         for a in api_options:
             group.add_option(a[0][0],**a[1])
             parser.api_dests.append(a[1]["dest"])
- 
+
     parser.cmd_dests = []
     if cmd_callable and cmd_options:
         group = parser.add_option_group("Options for the %s command"%cmd_name)
         for a in cmd_options:
             group.add_option(a[0][0],**a[1])
             parser.cmd_dests.append(a[1]["dest"])
- 
+
     return parser
 
 def lookup_command_in_api(api,command_name):
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def get_api_list(api):
 	for cmd_name in dir(api):
 		cmd = getattr(api,cmd_name)
             	if callable(cmd) and not cmd_name.startswith("_"):
-			apilist.append(cmd_name)	
+			apilist.append(cmd_name)
 	return apilist
 
 def get_command_list(api):