Generated content tweaks

pkg/override.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func NewOverride(dep *Dependency, ed *Editor) *Override {
 		LicenseIDs:       []string{},
 		VerifiedBy:       ed.String(),
 		LastVerified:     Timestamp()[:10],
-		Notes:            "Your specific notes go here\ne.g. links where you verified a license, etc.",
+		Notes: "Your dependency-specific notes go here,\n" +
+			"e.g. links where you read the license you verified, etc.",
 	}
 }

pkg/overrides_file.go

@@ -2,13 +2,26 @@ package glice
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
 	OverridesFilename = "overrides.yaml"
-	OverridesNotes    = "This auto-generated by `glice overrides`.\n" +
-		"It should be manually edited and vertified before being copied\n" +
-		"into `glice.yaml` and then committing to version control."
+
+	OverridesNotes = "This note is auto-generated by 'glice audit --overrides'.\n" +
+		"\n" +
+		"The contents of this YAML file should be manually edited and verified\n" +
+		"before being copied into 'glice.yaml', this file deleted, then your\n" +
+		"'glice.yaml' should be committed to your project's Git repo.\n" +
+		"\n" +
+		"Also be sure to change any license from 'NOASSERTION' to the correct\n" +
+		"license upon discovering what this dependency's license actually is.\n" +
+		"\n" +
+		"And for other licenses you choose to override that are not in the list\n" +
+		"of allowed licenses se sure to include a note for the dependency about\n" +
+		"why you are overriding license compliance, and also if you plan for\n" +
+		"the override to just be TEMPORARY, and if so be sure to specify the\n" +
+		"criteria to be satisfied before the override can be removed\n."
 )
 
 var _ FilepathGetter = (*OverridesFile)(nil)
@@ -24,7 +37,7 @@ type OverridesFile struct {
 func NewOverridesFile(dir string) *OverridesFile {
 	pf := &OverridesFile{
 		Filepath: filepath.Join(dir, OverridesFilename),
-		Notes:    OverridesNotes,
+		Notes:    strings.TrimSpace(OverridesNotes),
 	}
 	pf.ensureValidProperties()
 	return pf