From e5dedbbe46f97e52422b25005af9dbbb7396bc73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LizardByte-bot <108553330+LizardByte-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 00:09:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ci: update global python (#662)

---
 .github/workflows/python-flake8.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-flake8.yml b/.github/workflows/python-flake8.yml
index 463fb8a2..19bcdb9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-flake8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-flake8.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Don't make changes to this file in this repo as they will be overwritten with changes made to the same file in
 # the above-mentioned repo.
 
+# Lint python files with flake8.
+
 name: flake8
 
 on:
@@ -10,6 +12,10 @@ on:
     branches: [master, nightly]
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   flake8:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -24,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools flake8
+          # pin flake8 before v6.0.0 due to removal of support for type comments (required for Python 2.7 type hints)
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools "flake8<6"
 
       - name: Test with flake8
         run: |