addlicense mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• addlicense

Projektgeschichte

The official GitHub repository was created in June 2016. Its README describes a Go program that modifies source files in place, avoids duplicating headers that already exist, and supports Apache, BSD, MIT, and MPL-style headers plus custom license files.

The project is hosted under the google organization but explicitly says it is not an official Google product. The official tag list shows stable v1.x tags, and the README now documents Go installation, a GitHub Container Registry image, and pre-commit integration.

Adoptionsgeschichte

addlicense fits the common open-source maintenance workflow where license headers are enforced in presubmit, CI, or pre-commit rather than by hand. The supplied package-manager metadata shows Homebrew and Nix packaging, while the README documents go install, Docker, and an official pre-commit hook.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is addlicense . or addlicense with multiple file and directory patterns. Important package-maintainer flags include -check for verification-only runs, -ignore for vendored or generated files, -l for the license family, -f for custom text, -s for SPDX identifiers, and -c/-y for copyright holder and year.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package and release engineers, addlicense is a boring tool in the best sense: it makes source-header policy reproducible and automatable. It is useful in repos where license conformance needs to be enforced before vendoring, releasing, or importing code into downstream packaging.

Zeitleiste

• 2016-06: GitHub repository created.
• v1.0.0: First stable tag appears in the official tag list.
• Current README: Go install, container, and pre-commit workflows are documented.

Related projects

• pre-commit is documented as an official hook consumer.
• doublestar is referenced by the README for ignore-pattern semantics.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/google/addlicense
• https://api.github.com/repos/google/addlicense/tags?per_page=100
• https://github.com/google/addlicense#readme
• source_facts.package-manager