NAME
reuse-lint-file - Verify whether the specified files are compliant with the REUSE Specification
SYNOPSIS
reuse lint-file [options] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
reuse-lint-file verifies whether the specified files are compliant with the REUSE Specification located at <https://reuse.software/spec>. It runs the linter from reuse-lint(1) <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/v6.2.0/man/reuse-lint.html> against a subset of files, using a subset of criteria.
Files that are ignored by reuse-lint are also ignored by reuse-lint-file, even if specified.
CRITERIA
The criteria are the same as used in reuse-lint(1) <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/v6.2.0/man/reuse-lint.html>, but using only a subset:
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Missing licenses.
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Read errors.
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Files without copyright and license information.
OPTIONS
- -q, --quiet
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Do not print anything to STDOUT.
- -l, --lines
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Output one line per error, prefixed by the file path. This option is the default.
- --help
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Display help and exit.
Author
Free Software Foundation Europe
Copyright
2017, Free Software Foundation Europe. CC-BY-SA-4.0