No longer refuse to scan files with uncommentable file extensions

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ CLI command and its behaviour. There are no guarantees of stability for the
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `.qrc` and `.ui` now have the HTML comment style instead of being marked
+  uncommentable. (#896)
+- This reverts behaviour introduced in v3.0.0: the contents of uncommentable
+  files are scanned for REUSE information again. The contents of binary files
+  are not. (#896)
+
 ### Security
 
 ## 3.0.0 - 2024-01-17

src/reuse/_util.py

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     cast,
 )
 
-from binaryornot.check import is_binary
 from boolean.boolean import Expression, ParseError
 from debian.copyright import Copyright
 from debian.copyright import Error as DebianError
@@ -334,17 +333,6 @@ def _has_style(path: Path) -> bool:
     return _get_comment_style(path) is not None
 
 
-def _is_commentable(path: Path) -> bool:
-    """Determines if *path* is commentable. Commentable files:
-
-    - have a CommentStyle that isn't UncommentableCommentStyle;
-    - are not binary.
-    """
-    return not (
-        _is_uncommentable(path) or not _has_style(path) or is_binary(str(path))
-    )
-
-
 def merge_copyright_lines(copyright_lines: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
     """Parse all copyright lines and merge identical statements making years
     into a range.

src/reuse/comment.py

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class XQueryCommentStyle(CommentStyle):
     ".pyx": PythonCommentStyle,
     ".qbs": CCommentStyle,
     ".qml": CCommentStyle,
-    ".qrc": UncommentableCommentStyle,
+    ".qrc": HtmlCommentStyle,
     ".qss": CssCommentStyle,
     ".R": PythonCommentStyle,
     ".rake": PythonCommentStyle,
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ class XQueryCommentStyle(CommentStyle):
     ".tsx": CCommentStyle,
     ".ttl": PythonCommentStyle,  # Turtle/RDF
     ".typ": CCommentStyle,  # typst files
-    ".ui": UncommentableCommentStyle,
+    ".ui": HtmlCommentStyle,
     ".v": CCommentStyle,  # V-Lang source code
     ".vala": CCommentStyle,
     ".vim": VimCommentStyle,

src/reuse/project.py

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     _contains_snippet,
     _copyright_from_dep5,
     _determine_license_path,
-    _is_uncommentable,
     _parse_dep5,
     decoded_text_from_binary,
     extract_reuse_info,
@@ -234,12 +233,11 @@ def reuse_info_of(self, path: StrPath) -> List[ReuseInfo]:
                     _("'{path}' covered by .reuse/dep5").format(path=path)
                 )
 
-        if _is_uncommentable(path) or is_binary(str(path)):
+        if is_binary(str(path)):
             _LOGGER.info(
                 _(
-                    "'{path}' was detected as a binary file or its extension is"
-                    " marked as uncommentable; not searching its contents for"
-                    " REUSE information."
+                    "'{path}' was detected as a binary file; not searching its"
+                    " contents for REUSE information."
                 ).format(path=path)
             )
         else:

tests/test_project.py

@@ -274,6 +274,17 @@ def test_reuse_info_of_unlicensed_file(fake_repository):
     assert not bool(project.reuse_info_of("foo.py"))
 
 
+def test_reuse_info_of_uncommentable_file(empty_directory):
+    """When a file is marked uncommentable, but does contain REUSE info, read it
+    anyway.
+    """
+    (empty_directory / "foo.png").write_text("Copyright 2017 Jane Doe")
+    project = Project.from_directory(empty_directory)
+    result = project.reuse_info_of("foo.png")
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0].copyright_lines
+
+
 def test_reuse_info_of_only_copyright(fake_repository):
     """A file contains only a copyright line. Test whether it correctly picks
     up on that.