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reuse — Tool for compliance with the REUSE recommendations. More information: <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the reuse command: Tool for compliance with the REUSE recommendations. More information: <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/stable/man/index.html>.

Solution

reuse — Tool for compliance with the REUSE recommendations. More information: <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/stable/man/index.html>.

Lint for REUSE compliance for the current project (version control aware):

reuse lint

Lint for REUSE compliance from the specified directory:

reuse --root {{path/to/directory}} lint

Add copyright statement to file:

reuse annotate {{[-c|--copyright]}} "{{your_name}} <{{your_email}}>" --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}

Add license information to file:

reuse annotate {{[-l|--license]}} {{spdx_identifier}} --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}

Download a license by its SPDX identifier and place it in the LICENSES directory:

reuse download {{spdx-identifier}}

Download all missing licenses detected in the project:

reuse download --all

Code Snippets

Lint for REUSE compliance for the current project (version control aware)

reuse lint

Lint for REUSE compliance from the specified directory

reuse --root {{path/to/directory}} lint

Add copyright statement to file

reuse annotate {{[-c|--copyright]}} "{{your_name}} <{{your_email}}>" --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}

Add license information to file

reuse annotate {{[-l|--license]}} {{spdx_identifier}} --fallback-dot-license {{path/to/file}}

Download a license by its SPDX identifier and place it in the LICENSES directory

reuse download {{spdx-identifier}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/reuse

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