CodeQL workflow (graphistry/pygraphistry)

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Source: graphistry/pygraphistry.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.ymlLicense BSD-3-ClauseView source

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the graphistry/pygraphistry repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its BSD-3-Clause license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
# to commit it to your repository.
#
# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
#
# ******** NOTE ********
# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
# supported CodeQL languages.
#
name: "CodeQL"

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
    branches: [ master ]
  schedule:
    - cron: '33 20 * * 5'

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        language: [ 'python' ]
        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://git.io/codeql-language-support

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        lfs: true
        persist-credentials: false

    - name: Checkout LFS objects
      run: git lfs pull

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main

    # Python analysis does not require a build step.

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

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# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
# to commit it to your repository.
#
# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
#
# ******** NOTE ********
# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
# supported CodeQL languages.
#
name: "CodeQL"
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
    branches: [ master ]
  schedule:
    - cron: '33 20 * * 5'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analyze:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Analyze
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write
 
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        language: [ 'python' ]
        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://git.io/codeql-language-support
 
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        lfs: true
        persist-credentials: false
 
    - name: Checkout LFS objects
      run: git lfs pull
 
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
 
    # Python analysis does not require a build step.
 
    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout github/codeql-action