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new 7ec0626dca GEODE-10465: Fix RAT failures by adding missing **/bin/**
exclusion pattern (#7939)
7ec0626dca is described below
commit 7ec0626dca5637efebb718eca65ccba7ce2790c9
Author: Sai Boorlagadda <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 2 17:49:18 2025 -0700
GEODE-10465: Fix RAT failures by adding missing **/bin/** exclusion pattern
(#7939)
This commit addresses RAT (Release Audit Tool) failures that occur when
IDE-generated
bin/ directories are present in the workspace. The issue was caused by a
missing
exclusion pattern that should have been included during the build system
refactoring
in May 2022.
Root Cause Analysis:
- In April 2017, **/bin/** exclusion was added to RAT configuration (commit
4a09e88b69)
- Later removed due to legitimate bin/ folders in source tree (commit
39c72b2046)
- During May 2022 build system refactoring (commit 509c0c6c91), the RAT
configuration
was moved from gradle/rat.gradle to
build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle
- The **/bin/** exclusion pattern was inadvertently omitted from the new
configuration
Problem:
- IDEs (Eclipse, IntelliJ) generate bin/ directories containing compiled
classes,
test resources, and other build artifacts
- These files lack Apache license headers and cause RAT failures
- The .gitignore already excludes bin/ folders, indicating they are build
artifacts
Solution:
- Add '**/bin/**' exclusion pattern to RAT configuration
- This prevents RAT from scanning IDE-generated build artifacts
- Consistent with existing exclusions for other build directories
(**/build/**)
- Aligns with .gitignore patterns that already exclude bin/ folders
Testing:
- Verified RAT passes with and without bin/ directories present
- Confirmed exclusion works for files without license headers in bin/
folders
- No impact on legitimate source files that require license headers
This fix prevents future RAT failures for developers using IDEs that
generate
bin/ directories during normal development workflow.
---
build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle
b/build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle
index dca43213de..20f0fdad45 100644
--- a/build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle
+++ b/build-tools/scripts/src/main/groovy/geode-rat.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rat {
'wrapper/**',
'**/build/**',
'**/build-*/**',
+ '**/bin/**',
'.buildinfo',
'**/release-features.rendered', // just for jenkins
