[MCHECKSTYLE-252] Version 2.13 includes non-source files in checks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 2.13
• Component/s: checkstyle:checkstyle
• Labels: close-pending
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Heuer
• Created: 13/Oct/14 21:53
• Updated: 23/Dec/15 00:49
• Resolved: 23/Dec/15 00:49

Description

Updating maven-checkstyle-plugin to version 2.13 and running

$ mvn site

now includes non-source files in its checks, e.g.

COPYING
COPYING.LESSER
target/generated-classes/cobertura/cobertura.properties

While it is rather amusing to have checkstyle complain that COPYING (the text of the GNU General Public License) doesn't include a license header, it seems that the default source root or one of the other properties new to version 2.13 does not have an appropriate default value. The target directory should also be excluded by default.

Issue Links

• relates to: MCHECKSTYLE-307 Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.11