From 748bb0b60f10b3667bf803b60a98e7a6830a9767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 12:44:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Doc - Retrocompatibility with the main checker name

---
 pylint/constants.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pylint/constants.py b/pylint/constants.py
index a2e2b7977..852fc1510 100644
--- a/pylint/constants.py
+++ b/pylint/constants.py
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ MSG_TYPES_LONG = {v: k for k, v in MSG_TYPES.items()}
 
 MSG_TYPES_STATUS = {"I": 0, "C": 16, "R": 8, "W": 4, "E": 2, "F": 1}
 
-MAIN_CHECKER_NAME = "main-pylint-checker"
+# You probably don't want to change the MAIN_CHECKER_NAME
+# This would affect rcfile generation and retro-compatibility
+# on all project using [MASTER] in their rcfile.
+MAIN_CHECKER_NAME = "master"
 
 
 class WarningScope: