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Source: swagger-api/swagger-ui.github/workflows/codeql.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the CodeQL workflow from the swagger-api/swagger-ui repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 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: '16 04 * * 2'

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

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        language: [ 'javascript' ]
        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
        # Use only 'java' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
        # Use only 'javascript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v7

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
      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.

        # Details on CodeQL's query packs refer to : https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
        config: |
          paths-ignore:
            - 'dist/'

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
      with:
        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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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: '16 04 * * 2'
 
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: [ 'javascript' ]
        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
        # Use only 'java' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
        # Use only 'javascript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
 
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
      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.
 
        # Details on CodeQL's query packs refer to : https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
        config: |
          paths-ignore:
            - 'dist/'
 
    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
      with:
        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
 

What changed

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