Introduce a flag to prefer `//` over `/*...*/`
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 886
- Forks
- 194
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
It would be great to have a non-multiline comment support enabled with a new flag. Multiline comments `/*\n*\n*\n*/` takes more lines and makes it harder to read for me. Here is a simple proposal:
```
$ touch foo.c
$ addlicense -s=only -c Furkan .
```
Actual: (Multiline comment)
```
/*
* Copyright 2022 Furkan
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/
```
New flag way: (comment)
```
// Copyright 2022 Furkan
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the addlicense CLI and trace flag parsing to the code that renders license headers. Compare the existing multiline output with the requested // form and determine how the new flag should select it. Done means the flag produces the shown single-line comment format for foo.c while the current default remains unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100