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GitHub integration

The GitHub integration incorporates Codacy on your existing Git provider workflows.

When the integration is enabled, you can create pull request comments and GitHub issues directly from Codacy when browsing the existing issues on the repository:

GitHub integration for issues

Depending on the configuration of the GitHub integration, Codacy can also report and notify you about issues directly on your pull requests.

Enabling the GitHub integration

To enable the GitHub integration, open your project Settings, tab Integrations. When you add a new repository, the integration is already enabled by default.

GitHub integration

If you remove the integration, you can enable it again as follows:

  1. Click the button Add integration and select GitHub on the list.
  2. Click the button Enable and follow the instructions.

    Important

    The user that enables the integration must have administrator access to the repository.

Configuring the GitHub integration

To configure the GitHub integration, open your project Settings, tab Integrations.

Depending on the options that you enable, Codacy will automatically update pull requests on GitHub with extra information when accepting pull requests:

  • Status checks adds a report to your pull requests showing whether your pull requests and coverage are up to standards or not as configured on the quality settings of your repository. To see the coverage status check, ensure that you enable the option Coverage in the quality settings.

    Tip

    After enabling this option, you can set Codacy as a required check before merging your pull requests.

    Pull request status check on GitHub

  • Annotations adds annotations on the lines of the pull request where Codacy finds new issues. Codacy maps the severity of the issues reported by the tools to the severity levels of the annotations. To enable this option, you must enable Status checks first.

    Pull request annotation on GitHub

  • Summary shows an overall view of the changes in the pull request, including new issues and metrics such as complexity and duplication. To enable this option, you must enable Status checks first.

    Pull request summary on GitHub

You can find all the information reported by Codacy on the tab Checks of your pull requests:

Codacy Check

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Last modified October 27, 2020