code: def read_skipfile(dirname='.', defaults=None):
      
      if defaults is None:
          defaults = ['Makefile', 'make.bat', 'atlassian-ide-plugin.xml']
      try:
          return defaults + open(
              os.path.join(dirname, SKIPFILE_NAME)
          ).read().splitlines()
      except IOError:
          return defaults
docs: The .skipfile should contain one entry per line,
         listing files/directories that should be skipped by
         :func:`list_files`.