lib/src/validator/license.dart

// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

import 'dart:async';

import '../path.dart';

import '../validator.dart';

final licenseLike = RegExp(
  r'^(([a-zA-Z0-9]+[-_])?(LICENSE|COPYING)|UNLICENSE)(\..*)?$',
);

/// A validator that checks that a LICENSE-like file exists.
class LicenseValidator extends Validator {
  @override
  Future validate() {
    return Future.sync(() {
      final candidates = filesBeneath(
        '.',
        recursive: false,
      ).where((file) => licenseLike.hasMatch(p.basename(file)));
      if (candidates.isNotEmpty) {
        if (!candidates.any(
          (candidate) => p.basename(candidate) == 'LICENSE',
        )) {
          final firstCandidate = candidates.first;
          warnings.add(
            'Please consider renaming $firstCandidate to `LICENSE`. '
            'See https://dart.dev/tools/pub/publishing#important-files.',
          );
        }
        return;
      }

      errors.add(
        'You must have a LICENSE file in the root directory.\n'
        'An open-source license helps ensure people can legally use your '
        'code.',
      );
    });
  }
}