Copyright Profiles

Last modified: 14 June 2022

File | Settings | Editor | Copyright | Copyright Profiles for Windows and Linux

PyCharm | Preferences | Editor | Copyright | Copyright Profiles for macOS

Ctrl+Alt+S the Settings/Preferences icon

Use this page to create, edit, and remove copyright profiles.

In this topic:

Profiles Toolbar

Item

Tooltip and Shortcut

Description

the Add button

Alt+Insert

Add a new profile.

the Remove button

Alt+Delete

Discard the selected profile.

the Copy button

Ctrl+D

Open the Copy Copyright Profile dialog, where you can create a copy of the selected profile.

the Import file

Import

Import a file that contains a copyright notice definition. For more information, refer to Import a copyright profile.

tip

You can perform the same actions using context menus of the profile nodes.

Copyright Profile Page

Use this page to configure the selected profile: define the copyright notice to be generated and specify the keyword to detect copyright notices in comments.

Item

Description

Name

Use this text field to view or edit the name of the selected copyright profile.

Copyright text (may contain Velocity templates)

Use this text area to view or edit the copyright notice to be generated. A copyright profile can contain an explicit plain text of the copyright notice or its definition through a Velocity template.

Currently the following variables are available in the Velocity context:

Name

Type

Comment

$today

DateInfo

The current date and time.

$file.fileName

String

The name of the currently opened file where the notice is to be generated.

$file.pathName

String

The complete path and name of the currently opened file where the notice is to be generated.

$file.qualifiedClassName

String

The fully qualified name of the currently opened file where the notice is to be generated.

$file.lastModified

DateInfo

The date and time when the current file was last changed.

$project.name

String

The name of the current project.

$username

String

The name of the current user.

DateInfo has the following properties:

year

int

The current year.

month

int

The current month (1-12).

day

int

The current date of month (1-31).

hour

int

The current hour (0-11).

hour24

int

The current hour (0-23).

minute

int

The current minute of the hour (0-59).

second

int

The current second of the minute (0-59).

DateInfo has the following method:

format(String format)

String

Date and time formats that are specified by date and time pattern strings.

Validate

Click this button to check that the Velocity template has been specified correctly.

Regex to detect copyright in comments

Use this field to type, view, or edit the regular expression that will be used to find copyright notices in comments.

Note that this regular expression should match the above specified copyright notice. Otherwise instead of updating copyright notices, PyCharm will insert new ones.

Allow replacing copyright if old copyright matches

Use this field to type or edit the regular expression pattern that will be recognized in the existing copyright notice and allow replacing it with the new one. For example, if you specify the following pattern for year indication: 20[0-1][0-6], updates will affect all the copyrights with the indications of years 2000-2006 and 2010-2016.

See also

Concepts