Codacy configuration file#

Codacy supports configuring certain advanced features through a configuration file, such as:

Ignoring files globally, for duplication, or a specific tool
Configuring a specific repository directory on which to start the analysis
Adding custom file extensions to languages, keeping in mind that some tools might not work out of the box with those extensions
Adjusting tool-specific configurations

Note

If a Codacy configuration file exists in your repository, the Ignored files settings defined on the Codacy UI don't apply and you must ignore files using the configuration file instead.
To disable a tool you must use the Code patterns page instead.
To exclude files from coverage analysis only, you must ignore them directly in the tool you're using to generate coverage reports and ensure that the reports you upload to Codacy don't include coverage information for those files.

To use a Codacy configuration file:

Create a text file with the name .codacy.yml or .codacy.yaml on the root of your repository.

Add your settings to the configuration file based on the example template below.

Important

The configuration file must start with a line containing a triple dash (---).

---
engines:
  rubocop:
    exclude_paths:
      - "config/test.yml"
    base_sub_dir: "test/baseDir"
  duplication:
    exclude_paths:
      - "config/test.yml"
    config:
      languages:
        - "ruby"
languages:
  css:
    extensions:
      - ".scss"
exclude_paths:
  - ".bundle/**"
  - "spec/**/*"
  - "benchmarks/**/*"
  - "**.min.js"
  - "**/tests/**"

Optionally, validate the syntax of your configuration file with the Codacy Analysis CLI by running the following command in the same folder as the Codacy configuration file:
```
codacy-analysis-cli validate-configuration --directory `pwd`
```

Syntax for ignoring files#

To ignore files using a Codacy configuration file, you must define one or more patterns under exclude_paths using the Java glob syntax:

Example pattern	Ignored files
`test/README.md`	The file `test/README.md`
`test/*`	All files in the root of test
`test/**`	All files and directories inside test
`test/*/`	All files inside sub-directories of test
`**.resource`	All `.resource` files across all your repository
`*/.resource`	All `.resource` files in all directories and sub-directories

For example:

---
exclude_paths:
  - "test/README.md"
  - "**/*.resource"

Which tools can be configured and which name should I use?#

You can use the Codacy configuration file to configure all tools supported by Codacy except the client-side tools.

The following are the tool names that must be used in the Codacy configuration file:

ameba
bandit
brakeman
bundleraudit
checkov
checkstyle
codacy-scalameta-pro
codenarc
coffeelint
cppcheck
credo
csslint
dartanalyzer
detekt
eslint
flawfinder
hadolint
jacksonlinter
markdownlint
phpcs
phpmd
pmd
prospector
psscriptanalyzer
pylint
pylintpython3
remark-lint
revive
rubocop
roslyn
scalastyle
semgrep
shellcheck
sonarscharp
sonarvb
SQLint
spectral
stylelint
swiftlint
trivy
tsqllint

Tool-specific configurations#

By default, Codacy tries to detect which language is used on each source code file, and uses a set of default options for identifying duplicate blocks of code. However, some false positives may occur.

The tools below support specifying the language or language version used in the source code files that you're analyzing, or tuning the duplication detection.

Cppcheck#

If you're using Cppcheck to analyze C or C++ source code files, add the following configuration to your Codacy configuration file to define the programming language you're using. The supported languages are c and c++:

---
engines:
  cppcheck:
    language: c++

PHP_CodeSniffer#

If you're using the PHP Compatibility coding standard for PHP_CodeSniffer, add the following configuration to your Codacy configuration file to define the PHP version you're using:

---
engines:
  phpcs:
    php_version: 5.5

Legacy Pylint 1.9.*#

If you're using the legacy Pylint 1.9.* to analyze Python source code files, add the following configuration to your Codacy configuration file to define the Python language version you're using. The supported versions are 2 and 3:

---
engines:
  pylint:
    python_version: 2

Tip

If you're using Python 3.4.* or later as your programming language, disable the tool Pylint (legacy) and enable the tool Pylint on your repository Code patterns page instead. For more information, see What's New in Pylint 2.0.

PMD CPD (Duplication)#

Codacy uses PMD's Copy/Paste Detector (CPD) to identify duplicated blocks of code on the supported languages.

By default, Codacy only reports duplicate code blocks that have the following minimum token length, depending on the language:

Language	Default minimum token length
C#	50
C/C++	50
Go	40
Java	100
JavaScript	40
Python	50
Ruby	50
SQL	100
Scala	50
Swift	50

Besides this, Codacy runs PMD CPD with the following options enabled by default:

Skip lexical errors: Skip files which can't be tokenized due to invalid characters instead of aborting CPD
Ignore literals: Ignore number values and string contents when comparing text
Ignore annotations: Ignore language annotations when comparing text
Ignore usings: Ignore using directives in C# when comparing text

To use a different minimum token length or change any of the default options, add your settings to the Codacy configuration file based on the example template below.

Important

If you configure minTokenMatch on the Codacy configuration file, Codacy will use that value for all languages.

---
engines:
  duplication:
    minTokenMatch: 20
    skipLexicalErrors: false
    ignoreLiterals: false
    ignoreIdentifiers: true
    ignoreAnnotations: false
    ignoreUsings: false

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Last modified November 17, 2023