Support globbing pattern for input specification

doc/user_guide/usage/run.rst

@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ If the analyzed sources use implicit namespace packages (PEP 420), the source ro
 be specified using the ``--source-roots`` option. Otherwise, the package names are
 detected incorrectly, since implicit namespace packages don't contain an ``__init__.py``.
 
+With globbing pattern
+---------------------
+
+It is also possible to specify both directories and files using globbing patterns::
+
+   pylint [options] packages/*/src
+
 Command line options
 --------------------
 

doc/whatsnew/fragments/8310.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Support globbing pattern for input specification.
+
+Closes #8310

pylint/config/config_initialization.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys
+from glob import glob
+from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -118,6 +120,13 @@ def _config_initialization(
     # Link the base Namespace object on the current directory
     linter._directory_namespaces[Path(".").resolve()] = (linter.config, {})
 
-    # parsed_args_list should now only be a list of files/directories to lint.
+    # parsed_args_list should now only be a list of inputs to lint.
     # All other options have been removed from the list.
-    return parsed_args_list
+    return list(
+        chain.from_iterable(
+            # NOTE: 'or [arg]' is needed to maintain backwards compatibility
+            # TODO: remove 'or [arg]' in 3.0
+            glob(arg, recursive=True) or [arg]
+            for arg in parsed_args_list
+        )
+    )

tests/lint/unittest_lint.py

@@ -1220,8 +1220,6 @@ def test_recursive_implicit_namespace() -> None:
         ],
         exit=False,
     )
-    run.linter.set_reporter(testutils.GenericTestReporter())
-    run.linter.check([join(REGRTEST_DATA_DIR, "pep420", "basic")])
     assert run.linter.file_state.base_name == "namespace.package"
 
 
@@ -1241,6 +1239,19 @@ def test_recursive_implicit_namespace_wrapper() -> None:
     assert run.linter.reporter.messages == []
 
 
+def test_globbing() -> None:
+    run = Run(
+        [
+            "--verbose",
+            "--source-roots",
+            join(REGRTEST_DATA_DIR, "pep420", "basic", "project"),
+            join(REGRTEST_DATA_DIR, "pep420", "basic", "project", "**", "__init__.py"),
+        ],
+        exit=False,
+    )
+    assert run.linter.file_state.base_name == "namespace.package.__init__"
+
+
 def test_relative_imports(initialized_linter: PyLinter) -> None:
     """Regression test for https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3651"""
     linter = initialized_linter

tests/test_self.py

@@ -1158,6 +1158,13 @@ def test_recursive(self) -> None:
             code=0,
         )
 
+    def test_recursive_globbing(self) -> None:
+        """Tests if running linter over directory using --recursive=y and globbing"""
+        self._runtest(
+            [join(HERE, "regrtest_data", "d?rectory", "subd*"), "--recursive=y"],
+            code=0,
+        )
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("ignore_value", ["ignored_subdirectory", "failing.py"])
     def test_ignore_recursive(self, ignore_value: str) -> None:
         """Tests recursive run of linter ignoring directory using --ignore parameter.