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fix: correct git log format and resolve symlinks in year update cache #195

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion licensecheck/update.go
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Expand Up @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func GetRepoRoot(workingDir string) (string, error) {
// - The year of the first commit in the repository (or 0 if not found)
// - An error if the git command fails
func buildRepositoryCache(repoRoot string) (map[string]int, int, error) {
cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--format=format:%ad", "--date=format:%Y", "--name-only")
cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--format=format:__CW_YEAR__=%ad", "--date=format:%Y", "--name-only")
cmd.Dir = repoRoot
output, err := cmd.Output()
if err != nil {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -484,6 +484,14 @@ func getFileLastCommitYear(filePath string, repoRoot string) (int, error) {
return 0, err
}

// Resolve symlinks to get the canonical path. This is important on systems
// like macOS where /tmp is a symlink to /private/tmp. The git repo root
// (from 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel') uses the real path, so absPath
// must also be resolved before computing the relative path.
if resolved, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(absPath); err == nil {
absPath = resolved
}

// Calculate relative path from repo root to file
relPath, err := filepath.Rel(repoRoot, absPath)
if err != nil {
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