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contao-community-alliance/build-system-tool-author-validation
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Check if all authors of a particular file are mentioned in the copyright header.

1.2.1(11y ago)02.2k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.4

Since Dec 4Pushed 11y ago6 watchersCompare

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Validate the author information within PHP files, composer.json, bower.json or packages.json.
=============================================================================================

[](#validate-the-author-information-within-php-files-composerjson-bowerjson-or-packagesjson)

This is useful to ensure that all authors (from git history) mentioned in all PHP files, the `composer.json`, `bower.json` and `packages.json`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add to your `composer.json` in the `require-dev` section:

```
"contao-community-alliance/build-system-tool-author-validation": "~1.0"

```

Call the binary:

```
./vendor/bin/check-author.php

```

Optionally pass a path to check:

```
./vendor/bin/check-author.php /path/to/some/repository/also/with/subdir

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Optionally you can pass the path to a config file (defaults to .check-author.yml) which shall be used.

```
# Example .check-author.yml

# Map multiple authors to a single one (aliasing of contributors).
mapping:
  # original: alias
  "John Doe ": "John Doe "
  # or original: [multiple aliases]
  "John Doe ": ["John Doe ", "Acme Inc "]
  # or
  "John Doe ":
    - "John Doe "
    - "Acme Inc "

# Ignore commits from these authors (equivalent to cmd line parameter --ignore=...)
ignore:
  - Build Bot

# If present, scan only these and not the whole base dir (equivalent to cmd line arguments).
# Values must either be absolute paths or relative to the current directory.
include:
  - src

# Paths to exclude from scanning (equivalent to cmd line parameter --exclude=...)
exclude:
  - Foo.php
  - /tests/*
  - */languages

# Enforce copy-left author for certain files.
copy-left:
  "John Doe ": "/library"
  # or
  "John Doe ": ["/library", "File.php"]
  # or
  "John Doe ":
    - "File.php"

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

5

Last Release

4166d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8672569?v=4)[California College of Arts](/maintainers/cca)[@cca](https://github.com/cca)

---

Top Contributors

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