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36 changes: 30 additions & 6 deletions .github/actions/npm-license-checker/README.md
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# npm-license-checker
A GitHub action to check 3rd-party licenses and output a report of licenses used

## Inputs
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
| ---- | -------- | ----------- | ------- |
| `dependency-type` | No | Type of dependencies to include: production \| development \| all | `all` |
| `start-path` | No | The path to begin scanning for licenses | `./` |
| `custom-fields-path` | No | A path to a file to customize the detail output. See: https://www.npmjs.com/package/license-checker-rseidelsohn#custom-format | NA |
| `clarifications-path` | No | A path to a file that contains license clarifications. See: https://www.npmjs.com/package/license-checker-rseidelsohn#clarifications | NA |
| `only-allow` | No | A semicolon-separated list of allowed licenses | [List of common open source licenses] |
| `details-output-path` | No | The path to output details (e.g. ./licenseData.json) | NA |
| `details-output-format` | No | The format to output the results in (csv \| json \| markdown) | `json` |
| `exclude-packages` | No | A comma-separated list of packages to exclude | NA |
| `exclude-packages-starting-with` | No | A comma-separated list of package name prefixes to exclude | NA |

## Example usage
```yaml
name: Generate Third-Party Credits

on:
push:
branches: - '\*\*' - '!master' - '!release' - '!develop'
push:
branches:
- '**'
- '!master'
- '!release'
- '!develop'

jobs:
generate-credits:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4
generate-credits:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Set up Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: '18'
node-version: '20'

- name: Install dependencies
run: npm ci
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with:
commit_message: 'Update credits.json'
file_pattern: './app/src/credits.json'
```
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