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Check License #444

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# Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/check-license.md
name: Check License
# See: https://docs.github.com/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows
on:
create:
push:
paths:
- ".github/workflows/check-license.ya?ml"
# See: https://github.com/licensee/licensee/blob/master/docs/what-we-look-at.md#detecting-the-license-file
- "[cC][oO][pP][yY][iI][nN][gG]*"
- "[cC][oO][pP][yY][rR][iI][gG][hH][tH]*"
- "[lL][iI][cC][eE][nN][cCsS][eE]*"
- "[oO][fF][lL]*"
- "[pP][aA][tT][eE][nN][tT][sS]*"
pull_request:
paths:
- ".github/workflows/check-license.ya?ml"
- "[cC][oO][pP][yY][iI][nN][gG]*"
- "[cC][oO][pP][yY][rR][iI][gG][hH][tH]*"
- "[lL][iI][cC][eE][nN][cCsS][eE]*"
- "[oO][fF][lL]*"
- "[pP][aA][tT][eE][nN][tT][sS]*"
schedule:
# Run periodically to catch breakage caused by external changes.
- cron: "0 6 * * WED"
workflow_dispatch:
repository_dispatch:
jobs:
run-determination:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions: {}
outputs:
result: ${{ steps.determination.outputs.result }}
steps:
- name: Determine if the rest of the workflow should run
id: determination
run: |
RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX="refs/heads/[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
# The `create` event trigger doesn't support `branches` filters, so it's necessary to use Bash instead.
if [[
"${{ github.event_name }}" != "create" ||
"${{ github.ref }}" =~ $RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX
]]; then
# Run the other jobs.
RESULT="true"
else
# There is no need to run the other jobs.
RESULT="false"
fi
echo "result=$RESULT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
check-license:
name: ${{ matrix.check-license.path }}
needs: run-determination
if: needs.run-determination.outputs.result == 'true'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
check-license:
# TODO: Add additional paths where license files should be
- path: ./
# TODO: Define the project's license file name here:
expected-filename: LICENSE.txt
# SPDX identifier: https://spdx.org/licenses/
# TODO: Define the project's license type here
expected-type: CC0-1.0
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Install Ruby
uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
with:
ruby-version: ruby # Install latest version
- name: Install licensee
run: gem install licensee
- name: Check license file for ${{ matrix.check-license.path }}
run: |
EXIT_STATUS=0
# Go into folder path
cd ./${{ matrix.check-license.path }}
# See: https://github.com/licensee/licensee
LICENSEE_OUTPUT="$(licensee detect --json --confidence=100)"
DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE="$(echo "$LICENSEE_OUTPUT" | jq .matched_files[0].filename | tr --delete '\r')"
echo "Detected license file: $DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE"
if [ "$DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE" != "\"${{ matrix.check-license.expected-filename }}\"" ]; then
echo "::error file=${DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE}::detected license file $DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE doesn't match expected: ${{ matrix.check-license.expected-filename }}"
EXIT_STATUS=1
fi
DETECTED_LICENSE_TYPE="$(echo "$LICENSEE_OUTPUT" | jq .matched_files[0].matched_license | tr --delete '\r')"
echo "Detected license type: $DETECTED_LICENSE_TYPE"
if [ "$DETECTED_LICENSE_TYPE" != "\"${{ matrix.check-license.expected-type }}\"" ]; then
echo "::error file=${DETECTED_LICENSE_FILE}::detected license type $DETECTED_LICENSE_TYPE doesn't match expected \"${{ matrix.check-license.expected-type }}\""
EXIT_STATUS=1
fi
exit $EXIT_STATUS