From d1375921a7c3b70c0692783a46539ecfbd313194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:37:05 +0200
Subject: Recognize LICENSE.{txt,md}, COPYING as license files

---
 bdep/new.cxx | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bdep/new.cxx b/bdep/new.cxx
index 4dff04f..b212816 100644
--- a/bdep/new.cxx
+++ b/bdep/new.cxx
@@ -1322,9 +1322,20 @@ cmd_new (cmd_new_options&& o, cli::group_scanner& args)
         readme_f = move (f);
       }
 
-      // LICENSE or UNLICENSE
+      // LICENSE
+      // LICENSE.txt
+      // LICENSE.md
+      // COPYING
+      // UNLICENSE
       //
-      if (exists ((f = out / "LICENSE")) || exists ((f = out / "UNLICENSE")))
+      // Note that LICENSE.md is often just a plain text file without any
+      // markup so we should be able to detect the license.
+      //
+      if (exists ((f = out / "LICENSE"))     ||
+          exists ((f = out / "LICENSE.txt")) ||
+          exists ((f = out / "LICENSE.md"))  ||
+          exists ((f = out / "COPYING"))     ||
+          exists ((f = out / "UNLICENSE")))
       {
         license_e = extract_license (f);
 
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