Inlined path below so it is directly visible in the email. I don't know why Files-Excluded was left out from this standard, but it seems obvious to me that it should be mentioned and a link to additional info provided like Simon suggests.
Seconded. >From 8c3605b91938ed78f554569696581a4935ae4e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:01:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention Files-Excluded/Included in copyright-format --- copyright-format-1.0.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/copyright-format-1.0.xml b/copyright-format-1.0.xml index 954a65b..8e1345b 100644 --- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml +++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml @@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ <link linkend="copyright-field">Copyright</link>: optional. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="files-excluded-included-field">Files-Excluded, Files-Excluded-*, Files-Included, Files-Included-*</link>: optional. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> The <varname>Copyright</varname> and <varname>License</varname> @@ -498,6 +503,18 @@ License: MPL-1.1 </para> </section> + <section id="files-excluded-included-field"> + <title><varname>Files-Excluded, Files-Excluded-*, Files-Included, Files-Included-*</varname></title> + <para> + Formatted text, no synopsis: these fields are used by <ulink + url="https://manpages.debian.org/testing/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html#COPYRIGHT_FILE_EXAMPLES";>uscan</ulink> + and <ulink + url="https://manpages.debian.org/testing/devscripts/mk-origtargz.1.en.html";>mk-origtargz</ulink> + to automatically repack an upstream tarball, see the + documentation for details. + </para> + </section> + <section id="license-field"> <title><varname>License</varname></title> <para>
