On 2026/10/25 12:55:39 David Smiley wrote:
> This has rarely ever been a problem for me because I use IntelliJ
> configured to add the header automatically.
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM Jalaz Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > pre-commit (./gradlew check -x test) fails on new files without an ASF
> > license header, which needs to be added by hand when it fails.
> >
> > *Proposal*
> > A small `./gradlew addLicenseHeader` task, similar to
> > `./gradlew writeChangeLog`.
> >
> > *Open Questions*
> > - Is it worth having such a task or is pre-commit failing loudly enough?
> > - Is covering just the java files enough to start with?
> > - Should it run automatically as part of tidy? -> this will be good.
> >
> > I personally have to manually add the License header on top many times,
> > thus I feel this should help.
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Jalaz Kumar
>
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I suppose having it be part of tidy if it doesn't slow things down would be
nice.
The name "tidy" implies you are organizing/fixing things up, and a missing
license header is a example of that!
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