Merge pull request cli#12112 from cli/kw/revert-11370

Integrate license checks back into lint workflow

Author: BagToad

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ on:
       - "**.go"
       - go.mod
       - go.sum
+      - ".github/licenses.tmpl"
+      - "script/licenses*"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "**.go"
       - go.mod
       - go.sum
+      - ".github/licenses.tmpl"
+      - "script/licenses*"
 permissions:
   contents: read
 jobs:
@@ -46,6 +50,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: v2.6.0
 
+      # actions/setup-go does not setup the installed toolchain to be preferred over the system install,
+      # which causes go-licenses to raise "Package ... does not have module info" errors.
+      # For more information, https://github.com/google/go-licenses/issues/244#issuecomment-1885098633
+      #
+      # go-licenses has been pinned for automation use.
+      - name: Check licenses
+        run: |
+          export GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT)
+          export PATH=${GOROOT}/bin:$PATH
+          go install github.com/google/go-licenses@5348b744d0983d85713295ea08a20cca1654a45e # v2.0.1
+          make licenses-check
+
   # Discover vulnerabilities within Go standard libraries used to build GitHub CLI using govulncheck.
   govulncheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest