diff --git a/add_licenses.sh b/add_licenses.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This script adds license headers that are missing from go files
+
+
+if ! command -v addlicense 2> /dev/null
+then
+  echo "error addlicense must be installed with this command: go install github.com/google/addlicense@latest" && exit 1
+else
+  echo 'addlicense -v -f license_header.txt **/*.go'
+  addlicense -v -f license_header.txt $(find . -not -path '*/\.*' -not -path '*/vendor/*' -name '*.go')
+fi
+
+