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 query format [--output=<file>] [--in-place] [--backup=<ext>] <options>... -- <file>...
codeql query format [--output=<file>] [--in-place] [--backup=<ext>] <options>... -- <file>...
Description
Autoformat QL source code.
Options
Primary Options
<file>...
One or more .ql or .qll source files to autoformat. A dash can be
specified to read from standard input.
-o, --output=<file>
Write the formatted QL code to this file instead of the standard output stream. Must not be given if there is more than one input.
-i, --[no-]in-place
Overwrite each input file with a formatted version of its content.
--[no-]check-only
Instead of writing output, exit with status 1 if any input files
differ from their correct formatting. A message telling which files
differed will be printed to standard error unless you also give -qq.
-b, --backup=<ext>
When writing a file that already exists, rename the existing file to a backup by appending this extension to its name. If the backup file already exists, it will be silently deleted.
--no-syntax-errors
If an input file is not syntactically correct QL, pretend that it is already correctly formatted. (Usually such a file causes the command to terminate with an error message).
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.)
--common-caches=<dir>
[Advanced] Controls the location of cached data on disk that will
persist between several runs of the CLI, such as downloaded QL packs and
compiled query plans. If not set explicitly, this defaults to a
directory named .codeql in the user's home directory; it will be
created if it doesn't already exist.
Available since v2.15.2.