Identify SPDX license identifiers
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- Go
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Description
**What would you like to be added**:
The ability to identify SPDX license identifiers from individual files, such as:
```golang
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
// ...
}
```
Here's an example source repo where all of the source files (including github workflows) have these SPDX tags https://github.com/agherzan/git-mirror-me
**Why is this needed**:
This is helpful for folks that are most interested in scanning source repositories over container artifacts or other binary artifacts.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing Syft's source-repository and filesystem scanning entry points, then compare the requested behavior with the SPDX-tagged files in the linked git-mirror-me repository. Done means individual source files, including workflow files, have their SPDX-License-Identifier values identified during repository scanning.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100