function discoverLicense()

in lib/LicenseFinder.js [48:68]

• 19 lines of code
• 6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    function discoverLicense(name, licenseFiles, errors, metadata) {
        for (var index in licenseFiles) {
            var licenseFile = licenseFiles[index];
            var type = extractLicenseName(licenseFile);
            if (type != null) {
                return type;
            }
        }
        // as a last resort, hard code a license type based on the project website
        if (metadata[name] != null && metadata[name].license != null) {
            return metadata[name].license;
        }

        var scannedFiles = _(licenseFiles).filter(function(fileName) { return grunt.file.exists(fileName); });
        if (scannedFiles.length > 0){
            errors.push('Could not determine license type from file: \n\t' + scannedFiles.join('\n\t'));
        } else {
            errors.push('Could not read license file. Nothing found searching: \n\t' + licenseFiles.join('\n\t'));
        }
        return 'missing';
    }