Vincent Zurczak created MCHECKSTYLE-321:
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             Summary: Be able to check root files
                 Key: MCHECKSTYLE-321
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-321
             Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: checkstyle:check
    Affects Versions: 2.17
            Reporter: Vincent Zurczak
            Priority: Trivial


Today, the Maven Checkstyle plug-in allows to verify files within the Maven 
directories: sources, test sources, resources and test resources.

In addition to this, I would personnaly like to verify my *pom.xml* file.
I have tried many things but I did not succeed in validating my POM files with 
Checkstyle. And looking at the code, I think I saw why.

The reason for such a verification is that this file also contains license 
headers that I would like to keep verified. And I am pretty sure there would be 
other rules I would like to check (such as indentation, etc).

If we consider other project kinds, such as Eclipse plug-ins, one may want to 
verify *plugin.xml* and *feature.xml* files. So, it would be nice to be able to 
specify *otherIncludes* in the plug-in's configuration. This new parameter 
would contain a list of files to verify, when they exist.

If the idea is accepted, I am ready to contribute a patch for this feature.



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