[RAT-322] Add possibility to be able to scan objects in hidden directories

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.15
• Fix Version/s: 0.16
• Component/s: Client - cli, Client - maven
• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Created: 27/Oct/23 14:29
• Updated: 05/Dec/23 12:40
• Resolved: 05/Dec/23 12:40

Description

Currently, the DirectoryWalker tests if a directory is "restricted":

https://github.com/apache/creadur-rat/blob/master/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/walker/DirectoryWalker.java#L71

Restricted means a directory starting with . e.g. a hidden directory:

https://github.com/apache/creadur-rat/blob/master/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/walker/Walker.java#L52

The problem is that rat doesn't scan files in ANY hidden directory.

We should add a flag to scan hidden directories (the user can decide to bypass the hidden directories or not) and let the user eventually define excludes.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #160
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #166