Dejan Stojadinović created KAFKA-19636: ------------------------------------------
Summary: Exclude some files (like .gitkeep) from Rat checks ? Key: KAFKA-19636 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19636 Project: Kafka Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Dejan Stojadinović *Note:* presumably I need a buy-in from [~chia7712] for this ticket. {*}Prologue{*}: KAFKA-17606 {*}Rationale{*}: Gradle upgrade related PR and Jira ticket are blocked due to a fact that Rat check breaks the build even for such small stuff such as .gitkeep placeholder files. See here for more details: {code:java} Run python .github/scripts/rat.py Found 1 Rat reports Read env GITHUB_WORKSPACE: /home/runner/work/kafka/kafka Parsing Rat report file: build/rat/rat-report.xml 6840 approved licenses 1 unapproved licenses Files with unapproved licenses: Notice: File with unapproved license: distribution/.gitkeep Error: Process completed with exit code 1. {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)