diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6c315de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+# A settings file for running pylint on Rope.
+
+# Run pylint from the top-level Rope directory:  `python -m pylint rope`
+
+# This file tested on pylint 2.14.4, Python 3.10.5, as reported by `python -m pylint --version`.
+
+[MASTER]
+
+# Add <file or directory> to the black list. A base name, not a path.
+ignore=
+    .git
+    
+# Files or directories matching regex, in Windows or Posix format.
+ignore-paths=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s).
+# enable=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s).
+disable=
+
+    # Catagories to disable: expensive or make-work
+    # typecheck
+    
+        basic,  # Check on names. Unimportant.
+        classes,  # Unimportant.
+        design,  # Make work.
+        format,  # Use black
+        imports,  # Creates import graph.  Expensive?
+        similarities,  # Expensive.
+        typecheck,  # Unimportant
+        variables,  # Unimportant.
+
+    # Black. Suppress checks that conflict with Black's conventions.
+    
+        line-too-long,
+        
+    # Rope: Suppress checks that conflict with Rope's conventions.
+
+        bad-classmethod-argument,
+        eval-used,
+        function-redefined,
+        inconsistent-return-statements, 
+        invalid-name, 
+        no-else-return,
+        no-self-argument,
+        signature-differs,  # Maybe.
+        not-callable,  # Maybe.
+        unexpected-special-method-signature,
+        
+    # Rope: potentially serious warnings.
+    
+        arguments-differ,
+        dangerous-default-value,
+        modified-iterating-list,
+        used-before-assignment,
+        unsubscriptable-object,
+        unpacking-non-sequence,
+
+    # Rope: to be removed.
+    
+        duplicate-string-formatting-argument,
+        no-else-raise,  # Unnecessary "else" after "raise", remove the "else" and de-indent the code inside it.
+        reimported,
+        superfluous-parens,
+        unused-import,
+        unused-wildcard-import,
+        useless-super-delegation,
+        
+        useless-else-on-loop,  #Else clause on loop without a break statement, remove the else and de-indent all the code inside it.
+        unidiomatic-typecheck,
+        wildcard-import,
+        wrong-import-order,
+        
+    # Rope: Additional (temporary?) suppressions.
+    
+        abstract-method,
+        arguments-differ,
+        consider-merging-isinstance,
+        consider-using-enumerate,
+        deprecated-method,
+        implicit-str-concat,
+        logging-fstring-interpolation,
+        no-member,
+        no-staticmethod-decorator,  # Consider using a decorator instead of calling staticmethod.
+        non-parent-init-called,
+        raise-missing-from,
+        super-init-not-called,
+        unnecessary-lambda,
+        unsupported-assignment-operation,
+    
+    # Leo: Standard suppressions.
+        
+        arguments-renamed, # cursesGui2.py
+        assignment-from-no-return, # Causes problems when base class return None.
+        assignment-from-none, # Causes problems when base class return None.
+        attribute-defined-outside-init,
+        broad-except, # except Exception is justified if followed by g.es_exception.
+        c-extension-no-member,  # Too many errors re pyQt6.
+        condition-evals-to-constant,
+        consider-iterating-dictionary,
+        consider-using-from-import,
+        consider-using-f-string,  # complains about regex's!
+        consider-using-in,
+        consider-using-dict-comprehension,
+        consider-using-dict-items,
+        consider-using-generator,
+        consider-using-max-builtin,
+        consider-using-set-comprehension,
+        consider-using-ternary,
+        consider-using-with,
+        cyclic-import,
+        deprecated-module,
+        exec-used,
+        f-string-without-interpolation,  # Useful for concatenated f-strings.
+        global-statement, #  Assume we know what we are doing.
+        global-variable-not-assigned, # not helpful.
+        import-error,  # Ignore imports of optional packages.
+        import-outside-toplevel, # Requires substantial code changes.
+        keyword-arg-before-vararg, # See https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2027
+        missing-docstring, # Instead, use Leo's find-missing-docstrings command.
+        no-else-break, # **Possible pylint bug**
+        protected-access,
+        redeclared-assigned-name,
+        redefined-argument-from-local, # I do this all the time.
+        redefined-builtin, # all, next, etc. so what?
+        redefined-outer-name,
+        too-few-public-methods,
+        trailing-whitespace,  # Too picky. No need to constantly do clean-all-lines.
+        unnecessary-comprehension,
+        unnecessary-dunder-call,  # pylint for python 3.10 only.
+        unnecessary-lambda-assignment,
+        unnecessary-pass, # Can be pedantic in some situations.
+        unspecified-encoding,  # Huh?
+        unused-argument,
+        unused-private-member, # too many false positives.
+        unused-variable, # way too many false positives, esp. tuple unpacking.
+        use-dict-literal,
+        use-list-literal,
+        use-maxsplit-arg, # What is this??
+        using-constant-test,
+
+    # Good warnings. Don't suppress these.
+
+        # bad-option-value, # obsolete pylint option.
+        # unrecognized-option,  # newer python.
+
+        # bad-builtin,
+        # bad-continuation,
+        # bad-option-value, # obsolete pylint option.
+        # chained-comparison,
+        # len-as-condition,
+        # import-error, # Warns when an import fails: useful now that we are only using python 3.
+        # literal-comparison,
+        # locally-disabled,
+        # multiple-statements,
+        # no-else-raise,
+        # no-init,
+        # no-value-for-parameter,
+        # not-an-iterable,
+        # old-style-class, # Probably not an issue.
+        # simplifiable-if-statement,
+        # singleton-comparison,
+        # superfluous-parens,
+        # trailing-comma-tuple,
+        # unsupported-assignment-operation,
+        # unsupported-delete-operation,
+        # unsubscriptable-object,
+        # useless-object-inheritance, # class x(object):
+        # useless-return,
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Set the output format.  Multiple values are allowed.
+output-format=text # colorized, text, parseable, msvs (visual studio)
+
+reports=no  # Display only messages.
+
+score=no  # Deactivate the evaluation score.
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+# notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
+notes=
+
+# The following sections are all suppressed above.
+
+[BASIC]
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=10  # Apparently, this can't be suppressed!
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+[VARIABLES]
diff --git a/rope/base/fscommands.py b/rope/base/fscommands.py
index 85d7a2396..1357beaf7 100644
--- a/rope/base/fscommands.py
+++ b/rope/base/fscommands.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def __init__(self, root):
                 traceback=False,
                 report_untrusted=False,
             )
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             self.ui = self.hg.ui.ui()
             self.ui.setconfig("ui", "interactive", "no")
             self.ui.setconfig("ui", "debug", "no")
diff --git a/rope/base/oi/doa.py b/rope/base/oi/doa.py
index 92dbd5140..2ec6a7fc8 100644
--- a/rope/base/oi/doa.py
+++ b/rope/base/oi/doa.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def receive_data(self):
                     buf_digest = base64.b64decode(buf[:digest_end])
                     buf_data = buf[digest_end + 1 : -1]
                     decoded_buf_data = base64.b64decode(buf_data)
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     # Corrupted data; the payload cannot be trusted and just has
                     # to be dropped. See CVE-2014-3539.
                     continue
diff --git a/rope/base/project.py b/rope/base/project.py
index a643dbdd1..8e7124c05 100644
--- a/rope/base/project.py
+++ b/rope/base/project.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def _init_prefs(self, prefs):
 
     def _init_other_parts(self):
         # Forcing the creation of `self.pycore` to register observers
-        self.pycore
+        self.pycore  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
 
     def is_ignored(self, resource):
         return self.ignored.does_match(resource)
diff --git a/rope/base/pycore.py b/rope/base/pycore.py
index d41aaf117..7428bc1ee 100644
--- a/rope/base/pycore.py
+++ b/rope/base/pycore.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import bisect
 import difflib
-import sys
 import warnings
 
 import rope.base.libutils
diff --git a/rope/base/pyobjectsdef.py b/rope/base/pyobjectsdef.py
index abab073ed..05f83c340 100644
--- a/rope/base/pyobjectsdef.py
+++ b/rope/base/pyobjectsdef.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def get_kind(self):
     @property
     def decorators(self):
         try:
-            return getattr(self.ast_node, "decorator_list")
+            return self.ast_node.decorator_list
         except AttributeError:
             return getattr(self.ast_node, "decorators", None)
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def _AugAssign(self, node):
         pass
 
     def _For(self, node):
-        self._update_evaluated(node.target, node.iter, ".__iter__().next()")  # noqa
+        self._update_evaluated(node.target, node.iter, ".__iter__().next()")
         for child in node.body + node.orelse:
             ast.walk(child, self)
 
diff --git a/rope/base/pyscopes.py b/rope/base/pyscopes.py
index 9f13bc40c..74e16b415 100644
--- a/rope/base/pyscopes.py
+++ b/rope/base/pyscopes.py
@@ -328,14 +328,14 @@ def find_scope_end(self, scope):
             body_indents = self._get_scope_indents(scope) + 4
         else:
             body_indents = self._get_body_indents(scope)
-        for l in self.logical_lines.generate_starts(
+        for line_start in self.logical_lines.generate_starts(
             min(end + 1, self.lines.length()), self.lines.length() + 1
         ):
-            if not self._is_empty_line(l):
-                if self.get_indents(l) < body_indents:
+            if not self._is_empty_line(line_start):
+                if self.get_indents(line_start) < body_indents:
                     return end
                 else:
-                    end = l
+                    end = line_start
         return end
 
     @property
diff --git a/rope/refactor/extract.py b/rope/refactor/extract.py
index dfa56a298..7c9edda64 100644
--- a/rope/refactor/extract.py
+++ b/rope/refactor/extract.py
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ def _flatten_nested_tuple_of_names(self, node):
         elif isinstance(node, ast.Name):
             yield node.id
         else:
-            assert False, "Unexpected node type in list comprehension target: %s" % node
+            assert False, f"Unexpected node type in list comprehension target: {node!r}"
 
     def _If(self, node):
         self._handle_conditional_node(node)
diff --git a/rope/refactor/importutils/module_imports.py b/rope/refactor/importutils/module_imports.py
index 67a42f2ce..39cb718f6 100644
--- a/rope/refactor/importutils/module_imports.py
+++ b/rope/refactor/importutils/module_imports.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def _get_names(self, alias_names):
 
     def find_import_statements(self):
         nodes = self.pymodule.get_ast().body
-        for index, node in enumerate(nodes):
+        for node in nodes:
             if isinstance(node, (ast.Import, ast.ImportFrom)):
                 lines = self.pymodule.logical_lines
                 end_line = lines.logical_line_in(node.lineno)[1] + 1
diff --git a/rope/refactor/move.py b/rope/refactor/move.py
index 4e9aea1dd..c4ccd8970 100644
--- a/rope/refactor/move.py
+++ b/rope/refactor/move.py
@@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ def rename_in_module(self, new_name, pymodule=None, imports=False, resource=None
 
     def occurs_in_module(self, pymodule=None, resource=None, imports=True):
         finder = self._create_finder(imports)
-        for occurrence in finder.find_occurrences(pymodule=pymodule, resource=resource):
-            return True
-        return False
+        occurrences = finder.find_occurrences(pymodule=pymodule, resource=resource)
+        sentinel = object()
+        return next(occurrences, sentinel) is not sentinel
 
     def _create_finder(self, imports):
         return occurrences.create_finder(
diff --git a/rope/refactor/patchedast.py b/rope/refactor/patchedast.py
index d8277e196..c545f1a6f 100644
--- a/rope/refactor/patchedast.py
+++ b/rope/refactor/patchedast.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def _alias(self, node):
     def _handle_function_def_node(self, node, is_async):
         children = []
         try:
-            decorators = getattr(node, "decorator_list")
+            decorators = node.decorator_list
         except AttributeError:
             decorators = getattr(node, "decorators", None)
         if decorators:
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ def consume(self, token, skip_comment=True):
                     break
                 else:
                     self._skip_comment()
-        except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
+        except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:  # noqa
             raise MismatchedTokenError(
                 f"Token <{token}> at {self._get_location()} cannot be matched"
             )
diff --git a/rope/refactor/sourceutils.py b/rope/refactor/sourceutils.py
index 27116b60a..d55aad4c9 100644
--- a/rope/refactor/sourceutils.py
+++ b/rope/refactor/sourceutils.py
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ def indent_lines(source_code, amount):
         return source_code
     lines = source_code.splitlines(True)
     result = []
-    for l in lines:
-        if l.strip() == "":
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.strip() == "":
             result.append("\n")
             continue
         if amount < 0:
-            indents = codeanalyze.count_line_indents(l)
-            result.append(max(0, indents + amount) * " " + l.lstrip())
+            indents = codeanalyze.count_line_indents(line)
+            result.append(max(0, indents + amount) * " " + line.lstrip())
         else:
-            result.append(" " * amount + l)
+            result.append(" " * amount + line)
     return "".join(result)
 
 
diff --git a/ropetest/advanced_oi_test.py b/ropetest/advanced_oi_test.py
index 94374864f..c9ecf1916 100644
--- a/ropetest/advanced_oi_test.py
+++ b/ropetest/advanced_oi_test.py
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ def test_validation_problems_for_changing_builtin_types(self):
             l = {}
             v = l["key"]
         """))
-        pymod1 = self.project.get_pymodule(mod1)  # noqa
+        pymod1 = self.project.get_pymodule(mod1)
         var = pymod1["v"].get_object()  # noqa
 
     def test_always_returning_containing_class_for_selfs(self):
diff --git a/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
index 91e1622f4..0c818cd8c 100644
--- a/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
+++ b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/utilstest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 """Tests for autoimport utility functions, written in pytest"""
 
-from sys import platform
-
-import pytest
-
 from rope.contrib.autoimport import utils
 from rope.contrib.autoimport.defs import Package, PackageType, Source
 
@@ -59,5 +55,5 @@ def test_get_package_tuple_typing(typing_path):
 def test_get_package_tuple_compiled(compiled_lib):
     lib_name, lib_path = compiled_lib
     assert Package(
-	lib_name, Source.STANDARD, lib_path, PackageType.COMPILED
+        lib_name, Source.STANDARD, lib_path, PackageType.COMPILED
     ) == utils.get_package_tuple(lib_path)
diff --git a/ropetest/refactor/patchedasttest.py b/ropetest/refactor/patchedasttest.py
index a53c6eef2..d24f2c5aa 100644
--- a/ropetest/refactor/patchedasttest.py
+++ b/ropetest/refactor/patchedasttest.py
@@ -1584,7 +1584,6 @@ def test_match_node_with_match_class_match_as_capture_pattern_with_explicit_name
             ")",
         ])
 
-
     @testutils.only_for_versions_higher("3.10")
     def test_match_node_with_match_mapping_match_as(self):
         source = dedent("""\
diff --git a/ropetest/type_hinting_test.py b/ropetest/type_hinting_test.py
index 739a0abde..af94352fb 100644
--- a/ropetest/type_hinting_test.py
+++ b/ropetest/type_hinting_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import unittest
-from textwrap import dedent
 from textwrap import dedent, indent
 
 import pytest
@@ -173,7 +172,8 @@ class Sample(object):
                 def a_method(self):
                     self.a_attr.is_a""")
         offset = len(code)
-        code += dedent(f"""\
+        # Note: the leading blank lines are required.
+        code += dedent("""\
 
 
             class Other(object):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 84bae7b71..18cc2fd8a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ extend-ignore =
     # E203: whitespace before ':'
     # this rule contradicts black codestyle
     E203
+    
+    # B007: Loop control variable 'keyword' not used within the loop body.
+    #       If this is intended, start the name with an underscore.
+    B007
+    
+    # B011: Do not call assert False since python -O removes these calls.
+    #       Instead callers should raise AssertionError().
+    B011
 
 max-line-length = 110
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc1f76c84..606849326 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-setup()
\ No newline at end of file
+setup()