None of these files
.clang-format, .cocciconfig, .get_maintainer.ignore, .gitattributes,
.gitignore, .mailmap
have copyrightable content. They are configuration files which use a
publicly documented format.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/spdxexclude | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/spdxexclude
+++ b/scripts/spdxexclude
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
#
# Patterns for excluding files and directories
+# Ignore dot files:
+# .clang-format, .cocciconfig, .get_maintainer.ignore
+# .gitattributes, .gitignore, .mailmap
+# do not really have copyrightable content
+.*
+
# Ignore the license directory and the licensing documentation which would
# create lots of noise for no value
LICENSES/
