docs: def ignore_directories(self, project):
          """ Gathers a list of directories to ignore """
          project_list = False
          try:
              ignore_directories = il['ignore_directories']
          except KeyError:
              logger.error('Key Error processing ignore_directories list values')
  
          try:
              project_exceptions = il.get('project_exceptions')
              for item in project_exceptions:
                  if project in item:
                      exception_file = item.get(project)
                      with open(exception_file, 'r') as f:
                          test_list = yaml.safe_load(f)
                          project_list = test_list['ignore_directories']
          except KeyError:
              logger.info('No ignore_directories for %s', project)
  
          if project_list:
              ignore_directories = ignore_directories + project_list
              return ignore_directories
          else:
              return ignore_directories