From ac6522963aeb570ec30892f86598471106f3a524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Swift <harry.swift@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 13:25:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] introduce copyright year GitHub action

---
 .../update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yaml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yaml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4856a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Update copyright year(s) in license file
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 3 1 1 *' # 03:00 AM on January 1
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    update-license-year:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 0
+            - uses: FantasticFiasco/action-update-license-year@v3
+              with:
+                  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}