Makefile: improve "unused-imports" target

.github/workflows/unused-imports.yml

@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
 name: Check for unused imports using Pylint
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, locked]
+on: push
+  #  pull_request_target:
+  #    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, locked]
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  Check-Unused-Imports:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install pylint
-    - name: Analysing the code with pylint
-      run: |
-        tmp=$(git ls-files *.py | xargs pylint | grep W0611 | wc -l)
-        if [[ $tmp -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "Found $tmp occurrence of unused Python import statements!"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-        exit 0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pylint
+      - name: Analysing the code with pylint
+        run:  make unused-imports

Makefile

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ SHIM_DIR := src/shim
 LIBS := -lzmq
 CFLAGS :=
 BUILD_ARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -q DEB_BUILD_ARCH)
-
 J2LINT := $(shell command -v j2lint 2> /dev/null)
+PYLINT_FILES := $(shell git ls-files *.py)
 
 config_xml_src = $(wildcard interface-definitions/*.xml.in)
 config_xml_obj = $(config_xml_src:.xml.in=.xml)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sonar:
 
 .PHONY: unused-imports
 unused-imports:
-	git ls-files *.py | xargs pylint | grep W0611
+	@pylint --disable=all --enable=W0611 $(PYLINT_FILES)
 
 deb:
 	dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -tc -b