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
codeql pack download [--dir=<dir>] [--force] <options>... -- <scope/name[@version]|suite.qls>...
Description
[Experimental] Download the set of qlpacks referenced by the query spec of the command line from the registry. Packs can be provided by name or implicitly inside of a query suite (.qls) file.
The packs will be downloaded and unzipped into the package cache by default.
Available since v2.6.0.
Primary options
<scope/name[@version]|suite.qls>...
[Mandatory] List of CodeQL packs and query suites to download. If a query suite is provided, its instructions will be inspected and all referenced CodeQL packs will be downloaded. If you don't specify a version for a CodeQL pack, then the latest version will be downloaded.
--format=<fmt>
Select output format, either text (default) or json.
-d, --dir=<dir>
The directory to download the pack to. Defaults to installing into the package cache.
--for-pack=<pack>
The pack whose dependencies are being downloaded. The package registry
for each pack will be determined by the 'registries' property of
\
--[no-]allow-prerelease
Allow packs with pre-release version qualifiers (e.g.,
X.Y.Z-qualifier) to be used. Without this flag, pre-release packs will
be ignored.
Available since v2.11.3.
-f, --[no-]force
Allow overwriting already existing packs.
Options for finding QL packs (which may be necessary to interpret query suites)
--search-path=<dir>[:<dir>...]
A list of directories under which QL packs may be found. Each directory
can either be a QL pack (or bundle of packs containing a
.codeqlmanifest.json file at the root) or the immediate parent of one
or more such directories.
If the path contains more than one directory, their order defines precedence between them: when a pack name that must be resolved is matched in more than one of the directory trees, the one given first wins.
Pointing this at a checkout of the open-source CodeQL repository ought to work when querying one of the languages that live there.
If you have checked out the CodeQL repository as a sibling of the
unpacked CodeQL toolchain, you don't need to give this option; such
sibling directories will always be searched for QL packs that cannot be
found otherwise. (If this default does not work, it is strongly
recommended to set up --search-path once and for all in a per-user
configuration file).
(Note: On Windows the path separator is ;).
--additional-packs=<dir>[:<dir>...]
If this list of directories is given, they will be searched for packs
before the ones in --search-path. The order between these doesn't
matter; it is an error if a pack name is found in two different places
through this list.
This is useful if you're temporarily developing a new version of a pack that also appears in the default path. On the other hand, it is not recommended to override this option in a config file; some internal actions will add this option on the fly, overriding any configured value.
(Note: On Windows the path separator is ;).
Options for configuring the CodeQL package manager
--registries-auth-stdin
Authenticate to GitHub Enterprise Server Container registries by passing
a comma-separated list of \<registry_url>=\
For example, you can pass
https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME1/v2/=TOKEN1,https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME2/v2/=TOKEN2
to authenticate to two GitHub Enterprise Server instances.
This overrides the CODEQL_REGISTRIES_AUTH and GITHUB_TOKEN environment
variables. If you only need to authenticate to the github.com Container
registry, you can instead authenticate using the simpler
--github-auth-stdin option.
--github-auth-stdin
Authenticate to the github.com Container registry by passing a github.com GitHub Apps token or personal access token via standard input.
To authenticate to GitHub Enterprise Server Container registries, pass
--registries-auth-stdin or use the CODEQL_REGISTRIES_AUTH environment
variable.
This overrides the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.
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.)