Summary

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All extract tests pass.

All dep5 tests pass.

All TOML tests pass.

All covered file tests pass.

Now let me create the test fixtures and project tests.

All project tests pass (the reuse-example test is correctly skipped since we haven't added the submodule yet).

Now let me add the submodule, fake_repository testdata, CI workflows, and README.

Let me check what's in this repo to understand the structure for the conformance test.

Good, the reuse-example has headers in source files and .license sidecars for images. No REUSE.toml or dep5, just header-only. Let me now run the conformance test to see if it passes.

The conformance test passes against the real reuse-example repo. Now let me create the fake_repository testdata and infrastructure files.

Implement the following plan:

Go REUSE parsing library

Parsing library for the REUSE specification v3.3 at github.com/git-pkgs/reuse. Extracts SPDX license and copyright information from files, REUSE.toml, .reuse/dep5, and .license sidecars. No CLI, no linting output, just parsing.

Context

git-pkgs needs to extract licensing information from repositories. The REUSE spec (fsfe.org) standardises where and how license/copyright info lives in a project. The Python reference implementation (fsfe/reuse-tool) is GPL-licensed and has complex dependencies. A focused Go parsing library lets git-pkgs consume REUSE data without shelling out to Python.

Test fixtures

Add fsfe/reuse-example as a git submodule at testdata/reuse-example for conformance testing. It has a compliant main branch with LICENSES/, SPDX headers in source, .license sidecars for images.

Also create testdata/fake_repository/ modelled on the reuse-tool's test fixtures, with various license files, source files with headers, and edge cases.

Dependencies

github.com/BurntSushi/toml for REUSE.toml parsing (Go stdlib has no TOML parser)
SPDX expressions stored as raw strings; no dependency on git-pkgs/spdx (consumers validate if needed)
No dep5 library needed; write a minimal parser for the Debian copyright format

Files

All under /Users/andrew/code/git-pkgs/reuse/.

`reuse.go` - Package docs and top-level types

Core types that other files use:

`extract.go` - SPDX tag extraction from file contents

Port of Python's extract.py. The core parsing engine.

ExtractReuseInfo(text string) ReuseInfo - find SPDX-License-Identifier, SPDX-FileCopyrightText, SPDX-FileContributor tags in text
ExtractFromFile(path string) (ReuseInfo, error) - read a file and extract
FilterIgnoreBlocks(text string) string - strip REUSE-IgnoreStart/End regions
Regex patterns ported from Python: copyright notice pattern, license identifier pattern, contributor pattern

`extract_test.go`

Tags in various comment styles (// # /* -- etc.)
REUSE-IgnoreStart/End filtering
Multiple copyright notices and licenses in one file
SPDX-SnippetBegin/End handling
Empty files, binary files (return empty ReuseInfo)
Malformed tags

`toml.go` - REUSE.toml parsing

Port of Python's global_licensing.py (ReuseTOML parts).

ParseReuseTOML(content string) (*ReuseTOML, error)
ParseReuseTOMLFile(path string) (*ReuseTOML, error)
(a *Annotation) Matches(path string) bool - glob matching with * and ** support
(t *ReuseTOML) ReuseInfoOf(path string) (ReuseInfo, PrecedenceType, bool) - find matching annotation for a path

`toml_test.go`

Valid REUSE.toml with single and multiple annotations
Glob pattern matching (* vs ** vs escaped)
Precedence values (closest, aggregate, override)
Missing version field, invalid TOML, wrong version number
Last-match-wins when multiple annotations match
Copyright and license as string vs array

`dep5.go` - .reuse/dep5 parsing

Minimal Debian copyright format 1.0 parser (no external dep).

ParseDep5(content string) (*Dep5, error)
ParseDep5File(path string) (*Dep5, error)
(d *Dep5) ReuseInfoOf(path string) (ReuseInfo, bool) - find matching paragraph for a path

`dep5_test.go`

Valid dep5 with multiple file paragraphs
Wildcard patterns (*, ?)
Multi-line copyright fields
Missing required fields
Continuation lines

`covered.go` - Covered file logic

Determines which files need licensing info and which are excluded per the spec.

IsCoveredFile(path string) bool - checks against exclusion patterns
IsIgnoredDir(name string) bool - .git, .hg, LICENSES, .reuse
IsIgnoredFile(name string) bool - LICENSE*, COPYING*, *.license, REUSE.toml, .spdx
CoveredFiles(root string) ([]string, error) - walk directory returning covered files

`covered_test.go`

Exclusion of LICENSE, COPYING, .git, LICENSES/, .reuse/
.license sidecar files excluded
REUSE.toml excluded
SPDX documents excluded
Zero-byte files excluded
Symlinks excluded
Normal source files included

`project.go` - Project-level parsing

Ties everything together. Given a project root, find and parse all licensing info.

OpenProject(root string) (*Project, error) - discover REUSE.toml or dep5, scan LICENSES/
(p *Project) ReuseInfoOf(path string) (ReuseInfo, error) - resolve all sources with precedence:
1. Check for .license sidecar
2. Check REUSE.toml override annotations
3. Extract from file header
4. Check REUSE.toml closest/aggregate annotations
5. Check dep5
(p *Project) AllReuseInfo() (map[string]ReuseInfo, error) - walk all covered files

`project_test.go`

Uses testdata/reuse-example submodule for real-world conformance
Uses testdata/fake_repository for edge cases
Project with REUSE.toml
Project with dep5
Project with neither (header-only)
Precedence resolution between sources
.license sidecar overrides

`glob.go` - REUSE.toml glob matching

Custom glob implementation matching the REUSE.toml spec:

* matches everything except /
** matches everything including /
\\* is a literal asterisk
Forward slashes only
GlobMatch(pattern, path string) bool

`glob_test.go`

*.go matches foo.go but not dir/foo.go
**/*.go matches dir/foo.go and dir/sub/foo.go
src/** matches everything under src/
Escaped asterisks
Edge cases

Infrastructure files

go.mod - module github.com/git-pkgs/reuse, go 1.25.6, deps on BurntSushi/toml and git-pkgs/spdx
LICENSE - MIT, copied from vers
README.md - usage examples
.gitignore - *.test, *.prof
.gitmodules - testdata/reuse-example submodule
.github/workflows/ci.yml - matching other modules (with submodules: true)
.github/workflows/zizmor.yml - matching other modules

Build order

reuse.go - types
glob.go + tests - glob matching (no deps on other files)
extract.go + tests - SPDX tag extraction (no deps on other files)
dep5.go + tests - dep5 parsing
toml.go + tests - REUSE.toml parsing (depends on glob.go)
covered.go + tests - covered file logic
project.go + tests - ties it all together
Add submodule, infrastructure, README

Verification

go test -v -race ./... - all tests pass
go vet ./... - clean
Tests against reuse-example submodule confirm real-world parsing works

If you need specific details from before exiting plan mode (like exact code snippets, error messages, or content you generated), read the full transcript at: /Users/andrew/.claude/projects/-Users-andrew-code-git-pkgs/ced24506-3bc7-4de2-84fd-76adc53e1512.jsonl

Now add a test using the fake_repository.

Now let me create the CI workflow and README.

Now the README.

Now let's run the full test suite and go vet.

All 64 tests pass with the race detector. Let me also run go vet.

Clean. Let me also clean up the unused function flagged by the linter.

Now check if filepath is still needed in dep5.go after removing that function.

Let me start by exploring sibling modules for patterns and the REUSE spec.

64 tests pass, go vet clean.

Everything is done. Here's a summary of what was built:

Files created (all under /Users/andrew/code/git-pkgs/reuse/):

File	Purpose
`reuse.go`	Core types: `ReuseInfo`, `SourceType`, `PrecedenceType`
`glob.go` + `glob_test.go`	REUSE.toml glob matching (``, `*`, escapes)
`extract.go` + `extract_test.go`	SPDX tag extraction from file contents (license, copyright, contributor, ignore blocks, snippets)
`dep5.go` + `dep5_test.go`	Minimal Debian copyright format parser for `.reuse/dep5`
`toml.go` + `toml_test.go`	REUSE.toml parsing with annotations, precedence, string-or-array fields
`covered.go` + `covered_test.go`	Covered file logic (ignored dirs/files, symlinks, zero-byte)
`project.go` + `project_test.go`	Project-level parsing tying everything together with precedence resolution
`go.mod` / `go.sum`	Module `github.com/git-pkgs/reuse`, Go 1.25.6, dep on `BurntSushi/toml`
`LICENSE`	MIT (from SPDX)
`README.md`	Usage examples
`.gitignore`	`.test`, `.prof`
`.gitmodules`	`testdata/reuse-example` submodule
`.github/workflows/ci.yml`	CI matching sibling modules (with `submodules: true`)
`.github/dependabot.yml`	Weekly updates for gomod + github-actions
`testdata/reuse-example/`	fsfe/reuse-example submodule for conformance testing
`testdata/fake_repository/`	Edge case fixtures (dual licensing, ignore blocks, sidecars, no-header files)

Test results: 64 tests pass with -race, go vet clean. The conformance test against the real fsfe/reuse-example repo confirms all covered files get both license and copyright extracted correctly.

Ready for you to review. Want me to commit?

can we organize the modules into a folder rather than one big flat folder

Good idea. Let me look at what we have and figure out a sensible split.

Good, the sibling modules (manifests, registries) use internal/core for shared types with type aliases in root. That pattern avoids import cycles when subpackages need shared types.

Let me read the current files to map out the dependency graph precisely.

Now let me write the plan.

Now let me check the zizmor workflow pattern and set up the project.

No zizmor workflow in sibling repos. Let me check the plan context for that, but I'll skip it since it's not in the siblings. Let me now start building.

Good. Now let me initialize the project.

Now let me create all the foundational files. I'll work through the build order, creating multiple files in parallel where possible.

Good - go mod tidy removed the toml dep since no code imports it yet. It'll come back when we add toml.go. Let me now create the core files.

One failure: **/*.go should match foo.go (no directory prefix). The Python reference confirms this - ** can match an empty string. The ** translates to .* which handles this, but the / between ** and * is the issue. **/ should optionally match nothing. Let me fix the glob translation.

The issue is that **/*.go becomes ^.*/[^/]*\.go$, which requires at least one /. When ** is followed by /, the / should be optional (since ** can match empty). I need to consume the trailing / after ** and make it part of the pattern as (.*/)?.

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Summary

Go REUSE parsing library

Context

Test fixtures

Dependencies

Files

`reuse.go` - Package docs and top-level types

`extract.go` - SPDX tag extraction from file contents

`extract_test.go`

`toml.go` - REUSE.toml parsing

`toml_test.go`

`dep5.go` - .reuse/dep5 parsing

`dep5_test.go`

`covered.go` - Covered file logic

`covered_test.go`

`project.go` - Project-level parsing

`project_test.go`

`glob.go` - REUSE.toml glob matching

`glob_test.go`

Infrastructure files

Build order

Verification

Summary

Go REUSE parsing library

Context

Test fixtures

Dependencies

Files

reuse.go - Package docs and top-level types

extract.go - SPDX tag extraction from file contents

extract_test.go

toml.go - REUSE.toml parsing

toml_test.go

dep5.go - .reuse/dep5 parsing

dep5_test.go

covered.go - Covered file logic

covered_test.go

project.go - Project-level parsing

project_test.go

glob.go - REUSE.toml glob matching

glob_test.go

Infrastructure files

Build order

Verification

`reuse.go` - Package docs and top-level types

`extract.go` - SPDX tag extraction from file contents

`extract_test.go`

`toml.go` - REUSE.toml parsing

`toml_test.go`

`dep5.go` - .reuse/dep5 parsing

`dep5_test.go`

`covered.go` - Covered file logic

`covered_test.go`

`project.go` - Project-level parsing

`project_test.go`

`glob.go` - REUSE.toml glob matching

`glob_test.go`