spdxconv - Program to convert existing licenses and copyrights into SPDX format.

Age	Commit message (Collapse)	Author
2026-01-15	all: allow multiple pattern in match-file-comment	Shulhan
	This makes the configuration more concise where pattern can be split into multi lines. While at it, add more pattern to match-file-comment.
2026-01-15	report: do not return an error if report file does not exist	Shulhan
	When scan running, it will try to load the previous report file to minimize re-scanning of file that has been applied or detected (regular or binary). If the report file does not exist, do not return the error, keep going.
2026-01-15	all: add group "done" in the report	Shulhan
	The done group contain list of file that has been processed. File from group regular and binary that has been modified or added with SPDX format will be moved to here.
2026-01-15	file: change the flag for grouping to use int instead of bool	Shulhan
	Previously, we use two boolean fields to flag a file as binary and unknown. In order to simplify it in the future we change it to int.
2026-01-14	all: handle binary file in post-scan	Shulhan
	File that match with match-file-pattern but without prefix and suffix will be marked as binary.
2026-01-14	match_file_comment: do not add space on prefix and suffix	Shulhan
	The space should be added only when generating the SPDX lines. In the spdxconv.report, it should print the prefix and suffix as in match-file-comment.
2026-01-14	all: fix error when scanning and apply empty file	Shulhan

2026-01-14	all: get the copyright year from git history	Shulhan
	If the line that match with pattern on match-copyright does not contains year, or there is no match, try to get the year from the first commit of the file using "git log --follow ..." command. If no commit history or its not using git, use default copyright year from configuration.
2026-01-13	all: split the delete_line_pattern into before and after	Shulhan
	While at it, also add configuration for delete line before and after for match-copyright section.
2026-01-12	all: fix default regex match license and copyright to ignore comment	Shulhan
	Instead of assuming that the comment prefix and space always exists "^(//)\s+..." change it to be optional, so it will works on the multi-line comment. For example, comment and old headers in html, <-- Copyright ... --> there is no comment prefix and space.
2026-01-12	all: add configuration for setting default copyright year	Shulhan
	The `copyright_year` set the default year to be used in `SPDX-FileCopyrightText`. The year can be a single year (for example "2026"), range of year (for example, "2000-2026"), or list of year with comma separated (for example, "2000,2001,2026"); as long as there is no space in between.
2026-01-12	all: remove prefix config from struct matchCopyright and matchLicense	Shulhan

2026-01-12	all: implement match-file-comment for seting comment based on file name	Shulhan
	The first thing that the program do is to detect which comment string to be used when inserting SPDX identifiers in the file. For each pattern in the "match-file-comment" section, the program will match it with file name to get the comment prefix and suffix to be used later. User can add their own "match-file-comment" section as they like or modify the existing one. The "match-file-comment" can have empty prefix and suffix. That means, if the file name match, it will create new file with ".license" suffix that contains SPDX identifiers only, instead of inserting to the file.
2026-01-11	all: implement apply command	Shulhan
	The apply command read the "spdxconv.report" and apply the license and copyright as stated on each file in the report. A file that has been successfully processed will be removed from the report.
2026-01-10	report: store the index line number and comments in report	Shulhan
	For the index line number, instead of tied to license_id and copyright_id value (separated by ":"), store it in separate column as idx_license_id and idx_copyright_id. For comments, store the prefix and suffix at column 6 and 7 in CSV line.
2026-01-09	report: change the output to use CSV format	Shulhan
	Using space separated with double quote on some fields are not easy to parse. Using CSV allow us to use the [encoding/csv] package from standard library.
2026-01-09	all: implement the scan command	Shulhan
	The scan command scan the files that need to be converted or inserted with SPDX identifiers in the current directory. The result of scan is stored inside a report file named "spdxconv.report". There are no other files modified after scan completed. User then can inspect and modify the report to exclude certain files or changes the behaviour of apply command. Deleting a line in the report means excluding the file from being processed by "apply" command.
2026-01-08	all: fix wrong copyright year on some files	Shulhan
	I wrote the initial codes in December 2025 but commit it on year 2026.
2026-01-08	all: add missing license and copyright	Shulhan
	Ah, the irony.
2026-01-08	all: implement conversion for SPDX-License-Identifier	Shulhan
	If the file contains "SPDX-License-Identifier", it will not modify it. The program will move the identifier to the top of file after shebang. If the spdxconv.cfg contains match-license, and the pattern match with one of the line in the file, it will use the license_identifier instead of default one and insert it at the top, after shebang. If the files does not contains the identifier, it will insert new one based on default value in spdxconv.cfg file.