In build-aux/update-copyright it says:
# You may wish to place a target like the following in your top-level
# makefile in your project:
#
# .PHONY: update-copyright
# update-copyright:
# if test -d .git; then \
# git grep -l -w Copyright \
# | grep -v -E '(^|/)(COPYING|ChangeLog)' \
# | xargs $(srcdir)/build-aux/$@; \
# fi
I'd rather not have to manually add this snippet to 5+ projects, and
keep it synchronized in case of changes.
How about adding the rule to maintainer-makefile? The rule above is
git-specific, but that can easily be solved by just renaming the rule
update-git-copyright if it is deemed a significant problem (see below).
/Simon
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index c3e2f47..bd98803 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -730,6 +730,15 @@ web-manual:
"$(PACKAGE_NAME) - $(manual_title)"
@echo " *** Upload the doc/manual directory to web-cvs."
+# Update copyright
+.PHONY: update-git-copyright
+update-git-copyright:
+ if test -d .git; then \
+ git grep -l -w Copyright \
+ | grep -v -E '(^|/)(COPYING|ChangeLog)' \
+ | xargs $(build_aux)/update-copyright; \
+ fi
+
# Code Coverage
init-coverage:
