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NAME
       pkgctl-license - Check and manage package license compliance

SYNOPSIS
       pkgctl license [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

DESCRIPTION
       Commands related to package licenses, including checks for compliance.

       Uses reuse(1) and a REUSE.toml file located alongside the PKGBUILD(5).

CONFIGURATION
       The REUSE.toml file must contain annotations for all regular files
       expected to be present in an Arch Linux package repository.

       Use pkgctl-license-setup(1) to automatically detect and setup a basic
       REUSE config file based on the files in the package repository.

       For detailed information on the various configuration options available
       for the REUSE.toml file, refer to the REUSE Specification (
       <https://reuse.software/spec>).

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
           Show a help text

SUBCOMMANDS
       pkgctl license check
           Checks package licensing compliance using REUSE

       pkgctl license setup
           Automatically detect and setup a basic REUSE config

SEE ALSO
       pkgctl-license-check(1) pkgctl-license-setup(1) reuse(1) PKGBUILD(5)

HOMEPAGE
        <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/devtools>

       Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker. Please do
       your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs.

                                  2025-08-28                 PKGCTL-LICENSE(1)