diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2fa3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable=invalid-name,
+	locally-disabled,
+	too-many-arguments,
+	too-many-branches,
+	line-too-long,
diff --git a/gitdch b/gitdch
index d16ec3d..eb91877 100755
--- a/gitdch
+++ b/gitdch
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import sys
 
 import git
 
-default_git_path = './'
-default_code_name = 'unstable'
-default_urgency = 'medium'
+DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH = './'
+DEFAULT_CODE_NAME = 'unstable'
+DEFAULT_URGENCY = 'medium'
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ parser.add_argument(
     '--path',
     type=str,
     dest='git_path',
-    help='Git repository path (default: %s)' % default_git_path,
-    default=default_git_path
+    help='Git repository path (default: %s)' % DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH,
+    default=DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ parser.add_argument(
     '--code-name',
     type=str,
     dest='code_name',
-    help='Debian code name (default: %s)' % default_code_name,
-    default=default_code_name
+    help='Debian code name (default: %s)' % DEFAULT_CODE_NAME,
+    default=DEFAULT_CODE_NAME
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ parser.add_argument(
     '--urgency',
     type=str,
     dest='urgency',
-    help='Package urgency (default: %s)' % default_urgency,
-    default=default_urgency
+    help='Package urgency (default: %s)' % DEFAULT_URGENCY,
+    default=DEFAULT_URGENCY
 )
 
 options = parser.parse_args()