database add-diagnostic

This content describes the most recent release of the CodeQL CLI. For more information about this release, see https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries/releases.

To see details of the options available for this command in an earlier release, run the command with the --help option in your terminal.

Synopsis

Shell

codeql database add-diagnostic --source-id=<id> --source-name=<name> <options>... -- <database>

Description

[Experimental] Add a piece of diagnostic information to a database.

Available since v2.12.6.

Primary options

`<database>`

[Mandatory] Path to the CodeQL database to bundle.

`--markdown-message=<markdownMessage>`

Message for the diagnostic, in GitHub-flavored Markdown format.

`--plaintext-message=<plaintextMessage>`

Message for the diagnostic, in plain text. This option should only be used when populating a Markdown message with --markdown-message is not practical.

`--severity=<severity>`

Severity of the diagnostic. Can be "error", "warning", or "note".

`--help-link=<helpLinks>`

Help links relevant to the diagnostic.

`--attributes-json=<attributesJson>`

Structured metadata relevant to the diagnostic.

Options that indicate where the diagnostic message can be displayed

`--ready-for-status-page`

Indicate that the diagnostic is suitable for display on the status page.

`--ready-for-cli-summary-table`

Indicate that the diagnostic is suitable for display in the diagnostics summary table printed by commands like database analyze.

Options describing the source of the diagnostic

`--source-id=<id>`

[Mandatory] An identifier for the source of this diagnostic.

`--source-name=<name>`

[Mandatory] A human-readable description of the source of this diagnostic.

`--extractor-name=<extractorName>`

The name of the CodeQL extractor, if this diagnostic was produced by a CodeQL extractor.

Options describing the diagnostic's location

`--file-path=<file>`

The path of the file to which the diagnostic applies, relative to the source root.

`--start-line=<startLine>`

The 1-based line number (inclusive) where the diagnostic's location starts.

`--start-column=<startColumn>`

The 1-based column number (inclusive) where the diagnostic's location starts.

`--end-line=<endLine>`

The 1-based line number (inclusive) where the diagnostic's location ends.

`--end-column=<endColumn>`

The 1-based column number (inclusive) where the diagnostic's location ends.

Common options

`-h, --help`

Show this help text.

`-J=<opt>`

[Advanced] Give option to the JVM running the command.

(Beware that options containing spaces will not be handled correctly.)

`-v, --verbose`

Incrementally increase the number of progress messages printed.

`-q, --quiet`

Incrementally decrease the number of progress messages printed.

`--verbosity=<level>`

[Advanced] Explicitly set the verbosity level to one of errors, warnings, progress, progress+, progress++, progress+++. Overrides -v and -q.

`--logdir=<dir>`

[Advanced] Write detailed logs to one or more files in the given directory, with generated names that include timestamps and the name of the running subcommand.

(To write a log file with a name you have full control over, instead give --log-to-stderr and redirect stderr as desired.)

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