From 8da1336917c763da16bc6466928c796f269548e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shulhan <ms@kilabit.info>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:44:06 +0700
Subject: all: handle binary file in post-scan

File that match with match-file-pattern but without prefix and suffix
will be marked as binary.
---
 file.go                 | 11 ++++++++++-
 report.go               |  6 ++++++
 spdxconv_test.go        |  2 ++
 testdata/scan/test.json |  1 +
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 testdata/scan/test.json

diff --git a/file.go b/file.go
index 42bc245..0ac312a 100644
--- a/file.go
+++ b/file.go
@@ -120,7 +120,16 @@ func (f *file) initLines(content []byte, maxLine int) (err error) {
 
 func (f *file) scan(conv *SPDXConv) {
 	f.detectComment(&conv.cfg)
-	if f.isBinary || f.isUnknown {
+	if f.isBinary {
+		f.licenseID = valDefault
+		f.copyrightText = valDefault
+		f.getYearFromSCM(conv)
+		if f.copyrightYear == `` {
+			f.copyrightYear = conv.cfg.CopyrightYear
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if f.isUnknown {
 		return
 	}
 	f.scanLicenseID(conv)
diff --git a/report.go b/report.go
index 5296bef..b33149a 100644
--- a/report.go
+++ b/report.go
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ func (rep *report) scan(conv *SPDXConv, listFile []string) (err error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		f.scan(conv)
+		if f.isBinary {
+			// json file should be detected as binary, since its
+			// does not have comment syntax.
+			rep.listBinary = append(rep.listBinary, f)
+			continue
+		}
 		if f.isUnknown {
 			rep.listUnknown = append(rep.listUnknown, f)
 			continue
diff --git a/spdxconv_test.go b/spdxconv_test.go
index d73c69f..5186504 100644
--- a/spdxconv_test.go
+++ b/spdxconv_test.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ test.sql,match,1,2022,match,0,--,
 //
 //spdxconv:binary
 //
+test.json,default,0,2025,default,0,,
 //
 //spdxconv:unknown
 //
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ func TestSPDXConv_scanDir(t *testing.T) {
 			`po/included.go`,
 			`test.go`,
 			`test.html`,
+			`test.json`,
 			`test.sh`,
 			`test.sql`,
 			`with_spdx.go`,
diff --git a/testdata/scan/test.json b/testdata/scan/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0967ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/scan/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
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