reuseify 0.1.1

Automate REUSE license annotation from git history.

reuseify

Automate REUSE license annotation from git history.

reuseify inspects which files are missing license headers (via reuse lint), looks up their git commit authors, and applies reuse annotate, all from a single CLI.

Installation

uv pip install .

Usage

The workflow is two steps: collect authors → annotate files.

Step 1: collect authors

reuseify get-authors [OPTIONS]

Runs reuse lint, finds every file missing a license header, looks up its git commit authors, and writes a JSON file:

{
  "src/foo.py": ["Alice", "Bob"],
  "src/bar.c":  ["Alice"],
  "src/new.py": [] #NOT_IN_GIT
}

Option	Short	Default	Description
--output	-o	reuse_annotate_authors.json	Output JSON file
--include-not-in-git	-i	off	Include files with no git history (empty author list)
--exclude PATTERN	-e		Extra glob pattern to exclude (matched per path component, repeatable)

Files matching built-in patterns are always excluded: __pycache__, .venv, venv, .env, env, .git, .vscode, .idea, *.egg-info, *.pyc, dist, build, node_modules, .tox, .mypy_cache, .pytest_cache, .ruff_cache.

Files ignored by .gitignore are also excluded automatically.

Examples

# defaults
reuseify get-authors

# custom output path + include untracked files
reuseify get-authors --output authors.json --include-not-in-git

# add an extra exclusion pattern
reuseify get-authors --exclude reports --exclude "*.tmp"

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Step 2: annotate files

reuseify annotate [OPTIONS] [REUSE ANNOTATE FLAGS...]

Reads the JSON file from Step 1 and calls reuse annotate for every file. --contributor flags are injected automatically from the JSON data. All unrecognised flags are forwarded verbatim to reuse annotate, giving you full control over --copyright, --license, --year, --style, --fallback-dot-license, --force-dot-license, --skip-unrecognised, etc.

Option	Short	Default	Description
--input	-i	reuse_annotate_authors.json	JSON file from get-authors
--default-contributor NAME	-d	—	Fallback contributor for NOT_IN_GIT files (repeatable)

Output is grouped: all successes first, then skips, then failures, then finally a summary.

Examples

# basic
reuseify annotate \
    --copyright "2025 X-Men" \
    --license Apache-2.0 \
    --fallback-dot-license

# custom input + fallback contributor for untracked files
reuseify annotate \
    --input authors.json \
    --default-contributor "Charles Xavier" \
    --copyright "2025 X-Men" \
    --license Apache-2.0

# multiple default contributors
reuseify annotate \
    --default-contributor "Professor X" \
    --default-contributor "Cyclops" \
    --copyright "2025 X-Men" \
    --license MIT

Disclaimer

[!CAUTION] Use at your own risk. reuse annotate modifies files in place.

reuse annotate --help

This project is not affiliated with the REUSE project or its maintainers in any way.