Switch to flake8 for linting

.github/workflows/premerge.yaml

@@ -5,44 +5,26 @@ on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
 
 # Jobs
 jobs:
-  pylint-run:
-    # Runs pylint check of code
 
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-    environment: 'CI'
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Check out repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Set python version
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-    - name: Run pylint
-      run: |
-        pylint ${PWD}
-
-
-  black-run:
-    # Runs black --check --verbose on the code
+  flake8-run:
+    # Runs flake8 as an alternative, faster(?) linter
 
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
     environment: 'CI'
 
+    name: Run flake8
     steps:
-    - name: Check out repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Run black check
-      uses: psf/black@stable
-      with:
-        options: "--check --verbose"
-        src: "."
-        version: "~= 24.10.0"
+      - name: Check out source repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Run flake8
+        uses: py-actions/flake8@v2
+        with:
+          max-line-length: "120"
+          exclude: .git,__pycache__,venv
+          plugins: "flake8-bugbear flake8-black"