From 6b9d5be734afef410ec27f55f22bcbd8c7a82958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Streifling <jason@streifling.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:05:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Act as if there is an author in the feed when only checking
 the entry

---
 entry.go | 16 +++++++++-------
 feed.go  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
index 69fdca7..57411d1 100644
--- a/entry.go
+++ b/entry.go
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ type Entry struct {
 // the atom:entry contains an atom:source element that contains an atom:author
 // element or, in an Atom Feed Document, the atom:feed element contains an
 // atom:author element itself.
-func (e *Entry) checkAuthors() error {
+func (e *Entry) checkAuthors(authorInFeed bool) error {
 	if e.Authors == nil {
-		if e.Source == nil {
-			return errors.New("no authors set in entry")
-		}
-		if e.Source.Authors == nil {
-			return errors.New("no authors set in entry")
+		if !authorInFeed {
+			if e.Source == nil {
+				return errors.New("no authors set in entry")
+			}
+			if e.Source.Authors == nil {
+				return errors.New("no authors set in entry")
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		for i, a := range e.Authors {
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func (e *Entry) Check() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := e.checkAuthors(); err != nil {
+	if err := e.checkAuthors(true); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("entry %v: %v", e.ID.URI, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/feed.go b/feed.go
index 1119fa5..005e9f6 100644
--- a/feed.go
+++ b/feed.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (f *Feed) Check() error {
 	// least one atom:author element.
 	if f.Authors == nil {
 		for _, e := range f.Entries {
-			if err := e.checkAuthors(); err != nil {
+			if err := e.checkAuthors(false); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("no authors set in feed %v: %v", f.ID.URI, err)
 			}
 		}