# GitHub SAST (static application security testing) tool that scans code for security bugs and unsafe coding practices

name: "CodeQL Scan"

# Events that triggers CodeQL to run
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

# Option to configure as a scheduled action to monitor for drift in code
#  schedule:
#    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'

jobs:
  analyze:
    name: CodeQL Analysis
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Skip any PR created by dependabot to avoid permission issues (if used)
    if: (github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]')
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        # Add more languages if relevnt to the project
        language: [ 'javascript' ]
        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    # Initialises the CodeQL tools for scanning (sorry Americans)
    - name: Initialise CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main

    # Run the analysis and upload results to the security tab
    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1