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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