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Go license and dependency checker

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# glice

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Golang license and dependency checker. Prints list of all dependencies, their URL, license and saves all the license files in /licenses.

## Introduction

glice analyzes the go.mod file of your project and prints it in a tabular format [csv and json available as well] - name, URL, and license short-name (MIT, GPL...).

## Installation

Download and install glice by executing:

```bash
    go install github.com/ribice/glice/v2/cmd/glice
```

To update:

```bash
    go get -u github.com/ribice/glice/v2
```

## Usage

To run glice, navigate to a folder with go.mod and execute:

```bash
    glice
```

Alternatively, you can provide path which you want to be scanned with -p flag:

```bash
    glice -p "github.com/ribice/glice"
```

By default glice:

- Prints to stdout

- Gets dependencies from go.mod

- Fetches licenses for dependencies hosted on GitHub
  
- Is limited to 60 API calls on GitHub (up to 60 dependencies from github.com). API key can be provided by setting `GITHUB_API_KEY` environment variable.

All flags are optional. Glice supports the following flags:

```
- f [boolean, fileWrite] // Writes all licenses to /licenses dir
- i [boolean, indirect] // Parses indirect dependencies as well
- p [string - path] // Path to be scanned in form of github.com/author/repo
- t [boolean - thanks] // if GitHub API key is provided, setting this flag will star all GitHub repos from dependency. __In order to do this, API key must have access to public_repo__
- v (boolean - verbose) // If enabled, will log dependencies before fetching and printing them.
- fmt (string - format) // Format of the output. Defaults to table, other available options are `csv` and `json`.
- o (string - otuput) // Destination of the output, defaults to stdout. Other option is `file`.
```

Don't forget `-help` flag for detailed usage information.

## Using glice inside as a library

As of v2.0.0 glice can be used as a library and provides few functions/methods that return list of dependencies in structured format and printing to io.Writer.

## Sample output

Executing glice -c on github.com/ribice/glice prints (with additional colors for links and licenses):

## License

glice is licensed under the MIT license. Check the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for details.

## Author

[Emir Ribic](https://dev.ribic.ba)

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