diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b08f4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+linters: linters_with_defaults() # see vignette("lintr")
+encoding: "UTF-8"
diff --git a/R/azkit_helpers.R b/R/azkit_helpers.R
index ade1653..8003217 100644
--- a/R/azkit_helpers.R
+++ b/R/azkit_helpers.R
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ check_container_class <- function(container) {
   if (inherits(container, "blob_container")) {
     container
   } else {
-    ccc <- "check_container_class"
+    ccc <- "check_container_class" # nolint
     cc <- rlang::caller_call()
     cli::cli_abort("{.fn {ccc}}: This is not a valid blob container", call = cc)
   }
diff --git a/R/get_container.R b/R/get_container.R
index a255e85..f090401 100644
--- a/R/get_container.R
+++ b/R/get_container.R
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ get_container <- function(container_name = NULL, ...) {
 list_container_names <- function(token = NULL, ...) {
   token <- token %||% get_auth_token(...)
   endpoint <- get_default_endpoint(token)
-  lcn <- "list_container_names"
+  lcn <- "list_container_names" # nolint
   container_list <- AzureStor::list_blob_containers(endpoint) |>
     rlang::try_fetch(error = \(e) cli::cli_abort("Error in {.fn {lcn}}: {e}"))
   stopifnot("no containers found" = length(container_list) >= 1L)
diff --git a/R/list_files.R b/R/list_files.R
index bbb889d..a33ed39 100644
--- a/R/list_files.R
+++ b/R/list_files.R
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ list_files <- function(container, path = "", ext = "", recursive = TRUE) {
 
   tbl <- AzureStor::list_blobs(container, path, recursive = recursive)
   if (nrow(tbl) > 0) {
-    ext_rx <- if (nzchar(ext)) sub("^\\.+", "", ext) else ".*"
+    ext_rx <- if (nzchar(ext)) sub("^\\.+", "", ext) else ".*" # nolint
     tbl <- tbl |>
       dplyr::filter(!.data[["isdir"]] & gregg(.data[["name"]], "\\.{ext_rx}$"))
   }
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ list_files <- function(container, path = "", ext = "", recursive = TRUE) {
   # A zero-row tbl can result if `path` is initially empty, or via the filter
   # step above. We handle this the same way, no matter which route led here.
   if (nrow(tbl) == 0) {
+    fix_path <- \(p) sub("^/+$", "", sub("^([^/])(.*)", "/\\1\\2", p)) # nolint
+    ext <- if (nzchar(ext)) paste0(" ", ext)
+    msg <- "No{ext} files found in {.val [{container$name}]:{fix_path(path)}}"
     if (rlang::is_interactive()) {
-      ext <- if (nzchar(ext)) paste0(" ", ext)
-      fix_path <- \(path) sub("^/+$", "", sub("^([^/])(.*)", "/\\1\\2", path))
-      "No{ext} files found in {.val [{container[['name']]}]{fix_path(path)}}" |>
-        cli::cli_alert_info()
+      cli::cli_alert_info(msg)
     }
     invisible(character(0))
   } else {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-azkit_helpers.R b/tests/testthat/test-azkit_helpers.R
index 9c34bd5..e336d89 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-azkit_helpers.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-azkit_helpers.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test_that("I understand how rlang::abort works", {
   var <- "test"
   message <- "{.var {var}} error"
   # will only succeed if devtools::load_all() has been run:
-  # expect_error(rlang::abort(message), "`test` error")
+  # expect_error(rlang::abort(message), "`test` error") # nolint
   expect_error(rlang::abort(message), class = "rlang_error")
   rlang::local_use_cli(inline = TRUE)
   expect_error(rlang::abort(message), "`test` error", class = "rlang_error")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-read_azure_files.R b/tests/testthat/test-read_azure_files.R
index c4e57bb..06535c8 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-read_azure_files.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-read_azure_files.R
@@ -189,10 +189,6 @@ test_that("dirname and basename logic works", {
     filepath_out <- AzureStor::list_blobs(res, path, recursive = FALSE) |>
       dplyr::filter(
         !dplyr::if_any("isdir") &
-          # Don't include `filepath` in the first regex here, because we want to
-          # filter to `file_ext` explicitly, as well as also allow for
-          # `filepath`to include its file extension if that suits the user's
-          # approach.
           dplyr::if_any("name", \(x) {
             gregg(x, "\\.{file_ext}$") & gregg(x, "^{filepath}")
           })
@@ -219,10 +215,6 @@ test_that("tdd of check_blob_exists", {
         dplyr::filter(
           !dplyr::if_any("isdir") &
             dplyr::if_any("name", \(x) {
-              # Don't include `file` in the regex here, because we want to
-              # filter to `file_ext` explicitly, as well as also allow for
-              # `file` to include its file extension if that suits the user's
-              # approach.
               grepl(glue::glue("\\.{file_ext}$"), x) & grepl(file, x)
             })
         ) |>