[jira] [Created] (RAT-243) Add Eclipse Checkstyle hidden file to useEclipseDefaultExcludes

["Matthew Ouyang (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Matthew Ouyang created RAT-243:
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             Summary: Add Eclipse Checkstyle hidden file to useEclipseDefaultExcludes
                 Key: RAT-243
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-243
             Project: Apache Rat
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: maven
    Affects Versions: 0.12, 0.11
         Environment: Eclipse Oxygen, Checkstyle Plugin 8.0.0.201707161819
            Reporter: Matthew Ouyang
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 0.13
         Attachments: eclipse-cs.patch

If you try to configure the Eclipse Checkstyle plugin on any project uses the RAT plugin, then it will fail the apache-rat:check goal automatically.  This is because the Eclipse plugin generates a hidden file (.checkstyle) which will not have the required licence file.  Since this file is not part of the artifact produced, it should be excluded from consideration by RAT.  I used the Maven Clean plugin to reproduce this but any project that uses the RAT plugin will suffice.

Impact: Cannot use work on projects that depend on the RAT plugin in Eclipse if the Eclipse Checkstyle plugin is used.

Fix: Add .checkstyle to the list of exclusions.  Build RAT with attached patch and rebuild Clean plugin with it.  This is a short-term fix.  A better fix would be to design a way register exclusions with RAT (eg Eclipse Checkstyle could register .checkstyle).



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