Configure automatic spelling check via codespell within pre-commit

.codespell/ignore_lines.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+;; Please include filenames and explanations for each ignored line.
+;; See https://docs.openverse.org/meta/codespell.html for docs.

.codespell/ignore_words.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+;; Please include explanations for each ignored word (lowercase).
+;; See https://docs.openverse.org/meta/codespell.html for docs.
+
+;; abbreviation for "materials" often used in a journal title
+mater
+
+;; alternative use of socioeconomic
+socio-economic
+
+;; Frobenius norm used in np.linalg.norm
+fro

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ repos:
         name: Prevent Commit to Main Branch
         args: ["--branch", "main"]
         stages: [pre-commit]
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - tomli

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ v3.2.3
 
 **Added:**
 
-* Compatability with Python 3.12.0rc3, 3.11.
+* Compatibility with Python 3.12.0rc3, 3.11.
 * CI Coverage.
 * New tests for loadData function.
 * loadData function now toggleable. Can return either (a) data read from data blocks or (b) header information stored

README.rst

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ trying to commit again.
 
 Improvements and fixes are always appreciated.
 
-Before contribuing, please read our `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.utils/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst>`_.
+Before contributing, please read our `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.utils/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst>`_.
 
 Contact
 -------

news/codespell.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Spelling check via Codespell in pre-commit
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

pyproject.toml

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 dependencies = {file = ["requirements/pip.txt"]}
 
+[tool.codespell]
+exclude-file = ".codespell/ignore_lines.txt"
+ignore-words = ".codespell/ignore_words.txt"
+skip = "*.cif,*.dat"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 115
 include = '\.pyi?$'

src/diffpy/utils/parsers/loaddata.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def loadData(filename, minrows=10, headers=False, hdel="=", hignore=None, **kwar
         Minimum number of rows in the first data block. All rows must have the same number of floating
         point values.
     headers: bool
-        when False (defualt), the function returns a numpy array of the data in the data block.
+        when False (default), the function returns a numpy array of the data in the data block.
         When True, the function instead returns a dictionary of parameters and their corresponding
         values parsed from header (information prior the data block). See hdel and hignore for options
         to help with parsing header information.

src/diffpy/utils/parsers/resample.py

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def resample(r, s, dr):
         # spad = numpy.concatenate([s,spad])
         # rnew = numpy.arange(0, rpad[-1], dr)
         # snew = numpy.zeros_like(rnew)
-        # Accomodate for the fact that r[0] might not be 0
+        # Accommodate for the fact that r[0] might not be 0
         # u = (rnew-r[0]) / dr0
         # for n in range(len(spad)):
         #    snew += spad[n] * numpy.sinc(u - n)

src/diffpy/utils/parsers/serialization.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def serialize_data(
         include a path element in the database entry (default True). If 'path' is not included in hddata,
          extract path from filename.
     serial_file
-        Serial language file to dump dictionary into. If None (defualt), no dumping will occur.
+        Serial language file to dump dictionary into. If None (default), no dumping will occur.
 
     Returns
     -------