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

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.

Options

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 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.)