codespell doesn't ignore files in `.gitignore`

Metadata

Project: starbase
Number: #34
Type: issue
State: open
Author: mr-cal
Labels: —
Created: 2023-02-17 12:34 AM UTC
Updated: 2025-04-29 04:53 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

codespell scans gitignored paths (venv/pip) causing lint false positives; maintainers agreed to a manual `skip` workaround (venv already in [tool.codespell].skip) and left it open pending upstream gitignore support

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: This is a triaged, deliberately-parksed request: lengau explicitly wrote "Leaving open for further discussion and marking as blocked since the 'full'/straightforward fix is blocked from upstream" and mr-cal agreed "that seems like the best workaround for now". The immediate reproducer (venv files) is already covered by the current config — pyproject.toml has skip = "...,.venv,venv,..." — but the general ask (honour .gitignore) remains unimplemented, so it must stay open rather than be closed as resolved or stale.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 28 Quick Win: 7 Complexity: 50 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 52

Issue body

Here's a reproducer: ``` > python3 -m venv venv > tox lint-codespell: commands[0]> codespell --toml /home/developer/dev/starbase/pyproject.toml ./venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/tox/tox_env/python/api.py:53: interpeter ==> interpreter ./venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/vcs/bazaar.py:64: readd ==> re-add, read ./venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/vcs/subversion.py:90: readd ==> re-add, read ./venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py:340: becouse ==> because ... ``` Assuming it will be an easy fix, but I've hit my mental quota for linting issue today.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 06:02 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 28 Quick Win: 7 Complexity: 50 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 52	keep open	codespell scans gitignored paths (venv/pip) causing lint false positives; maintainers agreed to a manual `skip` workaround (venv already in [tool.codespell].skip) and left it open pending upstream gitignore support
2026-09-21 09:36 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 14 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 75 Actionability: 60	keep open	codespell doesn't respect .gitignore, flagging files in venv/pip. Maintainers agreed on a skip workaround but left it open, blocked by upstream codespell#1887.
2026-09-01 05:18 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 25 Quick Win: 14 Staleness: 75 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10	keep open	codespell lint step flags files inside venv/ignored paths because it does not honor .gitignore. Maintainers agreed on a skip-list workaround; the full fix is blocked on upstream codespell. Inactive ~16 months, still open.
2026-09-01 05:16 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 20 Quick Win: 12 Staleness: 75 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 60 Support Request: 10	close stale	codespell lint step scans venv/ignored files because it doesn't honor .gitignore. Maintainers agreed to extend the skip list as a workaround; full fix blocked on upstream codespell. Inactive for ~16 months.
2026-07-22 01:22 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 90 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 25	close stale	codespell flags files in venv despite .gitignore. Issue is blocked by upstream bug, has an accepted workaround, and has been inactive for over a year.
2026-07-09 05:32 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 90 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	codespell scans files outside .gitignore, like venv/. Blocked by upstream #1887. Maintainers agreed on a skip parameter workaround. Open but inactive for over a year.

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Related work

Blocked By: codespell#1887 (confidence 88%)
Cited explicitly by lengau as the upstream blocker preventing codespell from respecting .gitignore; no evidence the upstream feature landed.

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