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+# Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+header:
+  license:
+    spdx-id: Apache-2.0
+    content: |
+      Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
+      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+      You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+      limitations under the License.
+
+  paths-ignore:
+    - '**/*.md'
+    - 'CODEOWNERS'
+    - 'LICENSE'
+    - 'MAINTAINERS'
+    - 'go.mod'
+    - 'go.sum'
+    - '**/testdata/**'
+
+  comment: on-failure
+
+dependency:
+  files:
+    - go.mod
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