Use pathspec.PathSpec.from_lines("gitwildmatch", ...) to ignore all .md files.

Author: rwgk

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-spdx
         name: Check SPDX-License-Identifier
-        entry: ./toolshed/check_spdx.py
-        language: system
+        entry: python ./toolshed/check_spdx.py
+        language: python
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - pathspec
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
     rev: 8ff25e07e487f143571cc305e56dd0253c60bc7b  #v1.8.3

.spdx-ignore

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-# Cleanup hint: tail -n +2 .spdx-ignore | LC_ALL=C sort | uniq
+*.md
 .gitattributes
 .github/BACKPORT_BRANCH
-.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
 .github/copy-pr-bot.yaml
 .gitignore
-CONTRIBUTING.md
-LICENSE.md
-README.md
-SECURITY.md
 ci/versions.json
 cuda_bindings/LICENSE
 cuda_bindings/MANIFEST.in
-cuda_bindings/README.md
 cuda_bindings/benchmarks/conftest.py
 cuda_bindings/benchmarks/kernels.py
 cuda_bindings/benchmarks/pytest.ini
@@ -46,7 +40,6 @@ cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_lib/param_packer.h
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_lib/param_packer.pxd
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_lib/utils.pxd.in
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_lib/utils.pyx.in
-cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_path_finder/README.md
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_version.py
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cydriver.pxd.in
 cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cydriver.pyx.in
@@ -72,7 +65,6 @@ cuda_bindings/cuda/cuda.pyx
 cuda_bindings/cuda/cudart.pyx
 cuda_bindings/cuda/nvrtc.pyx
 cuda_bindings/docs/Makefile
-cuda_bindings/docs/README.md
 cuda_bindings/docs/build_docs.sh
 cuda_bindings/docs/make.bat
 cuda_bindings/docs/source/_static/images/Nsight-Compute-CLI-625x473.png
@@ -81,37 +73,7 @@ cuda_bindings/docs/source/_static/logo-dark-mode.png
 cuda_bindings/docs/source/_static/logo-light-mode.png
 cuda_bindings/docs/source/_templates/main.html
 cuda_bindings/docs/source/_templates/sidebar/variant-selector.html
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/conduct.md
 cuda_bindings/docs/source/conf.py
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/contribute.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/environment_variables.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/install.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/motivation.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/overview.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.4.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.5.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.6.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.6.1-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.7.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.7.1-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.1-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.2-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.3-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.4-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.5-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/11.8.6-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.0.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.1.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.2.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.2.1-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.3.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.4.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.5.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.6.0-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.6.1-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.6.2-notes.md
-cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.8.0-notes.md
 cuda_bindings/docs/versions.json
 cuda_bindings/examples/0_Introduction/clock_nvrtc_test.py
 cuda_bindings/examples/0_Introduction/simpleCubemapTexture_test.py
@@ -147,19 +109,15 @@ cuda_bindings/tests/test_interoperability.py
 cuda_bindings/tests/test_kernelParams.py
 cuda_bindings/tests/test_nvrtc.py
 cuda_core/LICENSE
-cuda_core/README.md
 cuda_core/cuda/core/__init__.pxd
 cuda_core/cuda/core/experimental/dlpack.h
 cuda_core/docs/Makefile
-cuda_core/docs/README.md
 cuda_core/docs/build_docs.sh
 cuda_core/docs/source/_static/javascripts/version_dropdown.js
 cuda_core/docs/source/_static/logo-dark-mode.png
 cuda_core/docs/source/_static/logo-light-mode.png
 cuda_core/docs/source/_templates/main.html
 cuda_core/docs/source/_templates/sidebar/variant-selector.html
-cuda_core/docs/source/conduct.md
-cuda_core/docs/source/install.md
 cuda_core/docs/versions.json
 cuda_core/tests/conftest.py
 cuda_core/tests/cython/build_tests.sh
@@ -178,7 +136,6 @@ cuda_core/tests/test_stream.py
 cuda_core/tests/test_system.py
 cuda_python/LICENSE
 cuda_python/docs/Makefile
-cuda_python/docs/README.md
 cuda_python/docs/build_all_docs.sh
 cuda_python/docs/build_docs.sh
 cuda_python/docs/environment-docs.yml
@@ -188,9 +145,4 @@ cuda_python/docs/source/_static/logo-light-mode.png
 cuda_python/docs/source/_templates/main.html
 cuda_python/docs/source/_templates/sidebar/variant-selector.html
 cuda_python/docs/source/conf.py
-cuda_python/docs/source/release.md
-cuda_python/docs/source/release/11.8.6-notes.md
-cuda_python/docs/source/release/12.6.1-notes.md
-cuda_python/docs/source/release/12.6.2-notes.md
-cuda_python/docs/source/release/12.8.0-notes.md
 cuda_python/docs/versions.json

toolshed/check_spdx.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 # Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import os
 import sys
 
+import pathspec
+
 # Intentionally puzzling together EXPECTED_SPDX_STR so that we don't overlook
 # if the identifier is missing in this file.
 EXPECTED_SPDX_STR = "-".join(("SPDX", "License", "Identifier: "))
@@ -15,16 +15,13 @@
 
 
 def load_spdx_ignore():
-    if not os.path.exists(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME):
-        return set()
-    lines = []
-    with open(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        for line in f.read().splitlines():
-            if not line.startswith("#"):
-                lines.append(line)
-    ignore_set = set(lines)
-    ignore_set.add(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME)
-    return ignore_set
+    if os.path.exists(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME):
+        with open(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+    else:
+        lines = []
+    lines.append(SPDX_IGNORE_FILENAME + "\n")
+    return pathspec.PathSpec.from_lines("gitwildmatch", lines)
 
 
 def has_spdx(filepath):
@@ -36,11 +33,11 @@ def has_spdx(filepath):
 def main(args):
     assert args, "filepaths expected to be passed from pre-commit"
 
-    ignore_set = load_spdx_ignore()
+    ignore_spec = load_spdx_ignore()
 
     returncode = 0
     for filepath in args:
-        if not has_spdx(filepath) and filepath not in ignore_set:
+        if not ignore_spec.match_file(filepath) and not has_spdx(filepath):
             print(f"MISSING {EXPECTED_SPDX_STR} {filepath!r}")
             returncode = 1
     return returncode