prune .git from versioning search (#561)

Co-authored-by: Archit Aggarwal <architag@amazon.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.github/scripts/versioning.py b/.github/scripts/versioning.py
index b4607cc2e..55a2715bc 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/versioning.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/versioning.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def ask_yes_no_question(question):
     return answer
 
 
-def list_files_in_a_component(component, afr_path, exclude_dirs=[], ext_filter=['.c', '.h'], exclude_hidden=True):
+def list_files_in_a_component(component, afr_path, exclude_dirs=['.git'], ext_filter=['.c', '.h'], exclude_hidden=True):
     '''
     Returns a list of all the files in a component.
     '''
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ def list_files_in_a_component(component, afr_path, exclude_dirs=[], ext_filter=[
         if root in exclude_dirs:
             continue
 
+        # Prune excluded dirs
+        dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in exclude_dirs]
+
         for f in files:
             if exclude_hidden and f[0] == '.':
                 continue