get_abi.pl currently collects every file in Documentation/ABI. This
causes a UnicodeDecodeError in Documentation/sphinx/kernel_abi.py,
when it finds my Vim swap files (.foo.swp) in the directory.

To avoid such issues, ignore hidden files in get_abi.pl.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
---

v2:
- Fix abi->api typo
- Add R-b tag
---
 scripts/get_abi.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 6212f58b69c61..47b7eca5b0b71 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ sub parse_abi {
 	my $mode = (stat($file))[2];
 	return if ($mode & S_IFDIR);
 	return if ($file =~ m,/README,);
+	return if ($file =~ m,/\.,);

 	my $name = $file;
 	$name =~ s,.*/,,;
--
2.34.1