def read_path_exclusions()

in scancode/scanCode.py [0:0]

• 11 lines of code
• 6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def read_path_exclusions(config, gitignore_file):
    """Read the list of paths to exclude from the scan."""
    path_dict = get_config_section_dict(config, SECTION_EXCLUDE)
    # vprint("path_dict: " + str(path_dict))
    if path_dict is not None:
        # each 'key' is an exclusion path
        for key in path_dict:
            key = str.strip(key)
            if key is not None:
                exclusion_paths.append(key)

    if gitignore_file is not None:
        print_highlight(MSG_READING_GITIGNORE % gitignore_file.name)
        for line in gitignore_file.read().splitlines():
            exclusion_paths.append(line)