Avocado: use avocado-static-checks

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          submodules: true
       - name: Allow git to operate on directory checked out by GH Actions
         run: git config --global --add safe.directory `pwd`
       - name: Installing Avocado development dependencies

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "static-checks"]
+	path = static-checks
+	url = https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado-static-checks

avocado-static-checks.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[lint]
+.:.pylintrc

docs/source/guides/contributor/chapters/how.rst

@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ Git workflow
 
 - Clone from your fork::
 
-    $ git clone [email protected]:<username>/avocado.git
+    $ git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:<username>/avocado.git
+
+.. note:: The ``--recurse-submodules`` option is used to checkout the
+          contents from the `avocado-static-checks
+          <https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado-static-checks>`_
+          repository, which is not needed for general Avocado installations,
+          but which is very important for development purposes.
 
 - Enter the directory::
 

selftests/check.py

@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ def create_suites(args):  # pylint: disable=W0621
     if args.dict_tests["static-checks"]:
         config_check_static = copy.copy(config_check)
         config_check_static["resolver.references"] = glob.glob("selftests/*.sh")
+        config_check_static["resolver.references"].append(
+            "static-checks/check-import-order"
+        )
+        config_check_static["resolver.references"].append("static-checks/check-style")
+        config_check_static["resolver.references"].append("static-checks/check-lint")
         suites.append(TestSuite.from_config(config_check_static, "static-checks"))
 
     # ========================================================================