From 12c98d929e47b7a3210c30c35f5cf9485db636db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manish Maharjan <112875432+mmaharjan-ccdc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 11:51:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] NO_JIRA readme update

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13a9432..57dfda4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ Developers can customise the licence header hook using Git configuration (use `-
   git config --global hooks.licenceCheckMode check  # read-only check (warns/fails if headers are missing)
   ```
 
+### Supported and Excluded Files
+
+When licence header validation/formatting is enabled, files are filtered using the following rules:
+
+* **Included File Extensions:**
+  * **Hash style comments (`#`):** `.py`, `.sh`, `.bash`, `.yaml`, `.yml`
+  * **Slash style comments (`//`):** `.js`, `.ts`, `.cs`, `.cpp`, `.cxx`, `.cc`, `.h`, `.hpp`
+* **Ignored Directories:**
+  * `.git`, `.github`, `test`, `tests`, `templates`, `bin`, `obj`, `packages`, `node_modules`, `dist`, `build`, `.venv`, `venv`, `__pycache__`
+* **Ignored Suffixes & Generated Files:**
+  * Suffixes: `.designer.cs`, `.g.cs`, `.min.js`, `.lock`
+  * Any file containing `.generated.` in its name
+
 ## Recommended settings
 ### To ensure the line endings are correctly converted:
 1. On Windows: `git config --global core.autocrlf true`