mojohaus/license-maven-plugin

license:check-file-header wrongly fails build

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#54 opened on Jul 20, 2016

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file-headerhelp wanted

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http://www.mojohaus.org/license-maven-plugin/check-file-header-mojo.html

Perhaps a misunderstanding, but I understood license:check-file-header -Dlicense.failOnMissingHeader=true -Dlicense.failOnNotUptodateHeader=true to be similar to other plugins which will not update the source code, but instead check for compliance according to the rules of the plugin. So, when I invoke it, if any files in my source tree would require a license header update, then the build should fail. Instead, it is failing even when license:update-file-header makes no changes to any source files..

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Investigate the check file header mojo logic in the license maven plugin to understand why it fails even when update file header makes no changes. Focus on the conditions that trigger a build failure and compare with the expected behavior.
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