Gary D. Gregory created RAT-515:
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Summary: Maven plugin ignores files in .gitignore causing false
positives
Key: RAT-515
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-515
Project: Apache Creadur RAT
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Client - maven
Affects Versions: 0.17
Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
The Maven plugin ignores files in .gitignore, causing false positives.
For example:
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git clone [https://github.com/apache/commons-bsf.git]
cd commons-bsf
mvn -Dcommons.rat.version=0.17
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Gives me:
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[ERROR] Unexpected count for UNAPPROVED, limit is [0,0]. Count: 34
[INFO] UNAPPROVED (Unapproved) is a count of unapproved licenses.
[WARNING] *****************************************************
Generated at: 2025-10-31T12:56:53-04:00
Files with unapproved licenses:
/cachedir/packages/commons-jexl-1.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/commons-jexl3-3.5.0.pkc
/cachedir/packages/commons-lang3-3.17.0.pkc
/cachedir/packages/commons-lang3-3.18.0.pkc
/cachedir/packages/commons-lang3-3.19.0.pkc
/cachedir/packages/hamcrest-core-1.3.pkc
/cachedir/packages/jacl-1.2.6.pkc
/cachedir/packages/js-1.7R2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-api-5.11.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-api-5.11.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-api-5.12.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-api-5.13.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-api-5.13.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-engine-5.11.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-engine-5.11.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-engine-5.12.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-engine-5.13.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-engine-5.13.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-params-5.11.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-params-5.11.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-params-5.12.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-params-5.13.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-jupiter-params-5.13.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-commons-1.12.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-commons-1.13.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-commons-1.13.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-engine-1.11.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-engine-1.11.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-engine-1.12.2.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-engine-1.13.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/junit-platform-engine-1.13.4.pkc
/cachedir/packages/jython-2.1.pkc
/cachedir/packages/tcljava-1.2.6.pkc
/cachedir/packages/xalan-2.7.3.pkc
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
{noformat}
While {{.gitignore}} contains:
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/target/
/.settings/
/.classpath
/.project
/bsf.iml
/cachedir/
{noformat}
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