For the latest updates and improvements, see the latest Cloud documentation instead.
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:
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 repository Settings, tab Integrations. When you add a new repository, the integration is already enabled by default.
If you remove the integration, you can enable it again as follows:
- Click the button Add integration and select GitHub on the list.
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Click the button Enable and follow the instructions.
Important
The user that enables the integration must have administrator access to the repository. Codacy uses this GitHub user to suggest fixes on pull requests.
Tip
We recommend that you use a dedicated service account for integrating Codacy with your repositories. This will avoid disruption of service if the user who originally enabled the integration stops having access to the repository, such as when the user leaves the team or the organization.
For more information and instructions on how to set up a dedicated service account see Why did Codacy stop commenting on pull requests?
Configuring the GitHub integration#
To configure the GitHub integration, open your repository 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.
Important
To get a status for coverage you must also:
- Add coverage to your repository
- Enable the rule Coverage variation is under on the pull request quality gate.
To block merging pull requests that aren't up to standards see How do I block merging pull requests using Codacy as a quality gate?
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.
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.
Suggested fixes#
This feature is only available on paid plans
Adds comments on the lines of the pull request where Codacy finds new issues with suggestions on how to fix the issues. Codacy doesn't apply any changes automatically. To apply the changes, manually review and accept the suggestions.
Note
This feature is in early access and has the following limitations for now:
- The only supported Git providers are GitHub Cloud and GitHub Enterprise.
- The only two tools that suggest fixes are ESLint and markdownlint. However, we're planning to support suggestions from more tools.
- Because of a limitation from GitHub, the author of the comments suggesting fixes is the user that enabled the GitHub integration and not Codacy.
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