Update README to include allow-dependencies-licenses example
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Pull Request Overview
This PR updates the README to provide concrete examples for configuring the allowed-dependencies-licenses option in the dependency review action. The update specifically addresses confusion around PURL (Package URL) formatting for GitHub Actions and scoped NPM packages, which previously lacked clear documentation.
Key Changes:
- Added an example line demonstrating the
allowed-dependencies-licensesconfiguration with proper PURL formatting for scoped NPM packages, regular NPM packages, and GitHub Actions
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I was recently working with a customer who needed help with setting up the DRA to use
deny-licensesalong withallow-dependencies-licenses.The problems that came up were mainly how to specify GitHub Actions, as there is virtually no guidance on how to specify the PURL for an Action. We went through a long list of wrong ways to do it, including (but not limited to):
pkg:github/org/action@v6pkg:actions/org/action@^6.0.0pkg:github/my-github-actionBefore landing on the right way only after inferring it from the dependency graph API.
I also add an example for scoped NPM packages as a nod to #1008.
This is just an idea, and totally appriciate if there's a better place for this so feedback/suggestions are welcome, but it's important that we have it somewhere.