dependency resolve with default template and specified output of license

README.md

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ To check dependencies license in GitHub Actions, add a step in your GitHub workf
       # log: debug # optional: set the log level. The default value is `info`.
       # config: .licenserc.yaml # optional: set the config file. The default value is `.licenserc.yaml`.
       # mode: # optional: Which mode License-Eye should be run in. Choices are `check` or `resolve`. The default value is `check`.
+      # flags: # optional: Extra flags appended to the command, for example, `--summary=path/to/template.tmpl`
 ```
 
 ### Docker Image
@@ -189,10 +190,11 @@ This command assists human audits of the dependencies licenses. It's exit code i
 
 It supports two flags:
 
-|Flag name|Short name|Description|
-|---------|----------|-----------|
-|`--output`|`-o`|Save the dependencies' `LICENSE` files to a specified directory so that you can put them in distribution package if needed.|
-|`--summary`|`-s`|Based on the template, aggregate all dependency information and generate a `LICENSE` file.|
+| Flag name   | Short name | Description                                                                                                                            |
+|-------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `--output`  | `-o`       | Save the dependencies' `LICENSE` files to a specified directory so that you can put them in distribution package if needed.            |
+| `--summary` | `-s`       | Based on the template, aggregate all dependency information and generate a `LICENSE` file.                                             |
+| `--license` | `-l`       | The output path to the LICENSE file to be generated. The default summary format will be used if summary template file is not specified |
 
 ```bash
 license-eye -c test/testdata/.licenserc_for_test_check.yaml dep resolve -o ./dependencies/licenses -s LICENSE.tpl

assets/assets.go

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import (
 //go:embed *
 var assets embed.FS
 
+func FS() fs.FS {
+	return assets
+}
+
 func Asset(file string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return assets.ReadFile(filepath.ToSlash(file))
 }

assets/default-license.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{.LicenseContent }}
+{{ range .Groups }}
+========================================================================
+{{.LicenseID}} licenses
+========================================================================
+{{range .Deps}}
+    {{.Name}} {{.Version}} {{.LicenseID}}
+{{- end }}
+{{ end }}

commands/deps_resolve.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/apache/skywalking-eyes/assets"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var outDir string
+var licensePath string
 var summaryTplPath string
 var summaryTpl *template.Template
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ func init() {
 	DepsResolveCommand.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&summaryTplPath, "summary", "s", "",
 		"the template file to write the summary of dependencies' licenses, a new file named \"LICENSE\" will be "+
 			"created in the same directory as the template file, to save the final summary.")
+	DepsResolveCommand.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&licensePath, "license", "l", "",
+		"the path to the LICENSE file to be generated. The default summary format will be used if summary template file is not specified")
 }
 
 var fileNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9\\.\-]`)
@@ -66,12 +70,30 @@ var DepsResolveCommand = &cobra.Command{
 				return err
 			}
 			summaryTplPath = absPath
-			tpl, err := deps.ParseTemplate(summaryTplPath)
+			tpl, err := deps.ParseTemplate(os.DirFS(filepath.Dir(absPath)), filepath.Base(absPath))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			summaryTpl = tpl
 		}
+		if licensePath != "" {
+			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(licensePath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			licensePath = absPath
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(outDir), 0o700); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if summaryTpl == nil {
+				tpl, err := deps.ParseTemplate(assets.FS(), "default-license.tpl")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				summaryTpl = tpl
+			}
+		}
 		return nil
 	},
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -83,7 +105,7 @@ var DepsResolveCommand = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		if summaryTpl != nil {
-			if err := writeSummary(&report); err != nil {
+			if err := writeSummary(&report, licensePath); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -131,8 +153,12 @@ func writeLicense(result *deps.Result) {
 	}
 }
 
-func writeSummary(rep *deps.Report) error {
-	file, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(summaryTplPath), "LICENSE"))
+func writeSummary(rep *deps.Report, path string) error {
+
+	if path == "" {
+		path = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(summaryTplPath), "LICENSE")
+	}
+	file, err := os.Create(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

dependency/action.yml

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ inputs:
       default value is `check`.
     required: false
     default: check
+  flags:
+    description: |
+      Extra flags appended to the command, for example, --summary=path/to/template.tmpl
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -48,4 +52,4 @@ runs:
     - shell: bash
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
-      run: license-eye -v ${{ inputs.log }} -c ${{ inputs.config }} dependency ${{ inputs.mode }}
+      run: license-eye -v ${{ inputs.log }} -c ${{ inputs.config }} dependency ${{ inputs.mode }} ${{ inputs.flags }}

pkg/deps/summary.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package deps
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"os"
+	"io/fs"
 	"sort"
 	"text/template"
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ type SummaryRenderLicense struct {
 	LicenseID string // License ID
 }
 
-func ParseTemplate(path string) (*template.Template, error) {
-	tpl, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+func ParseTemplate(f fs.FS, path string) (*template.Template, error) {
+	tpl, err := fs.ReadFile(f, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}