Merge pull request #574 from github/feature/update-user-manual-for-2.27.1

rvermeulen · web-flow · commit 168130656d2d · 2024-04-26T16:37:10.000-07:00
Release v2.27.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml b/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           PATH=$PATH:$CODEQL_HOME/codeql
 
-          codeql query compile --threads 0 cpp
-          codeql query compile --threads 0 c
+          codeql query compile --precompile --threads 0 cpp
+          codeql query compile --precompile --threads 0 c
 
           cd ..
           zip -r codeql-coding-standards/code-scanning-cpp-query-pack.zip codeql-coding-standards/c/ codeql-coding-standards/cpp/ codeql-coding-standards/.codeqlmanifest.json codeql-coding-standards/supported_codeql_configs.json codeql-coding-standards/scripts/configuration codeql-coding-standards/scripts/reports codeql-coding-standards/scripts/shared codeql-coding-standards/scripts/guideline_recategorization codeql-coding-standards/scripts/shared codeql-coding-standards/scripts/schemas
diff --git a/c/cert/src/qlpack.yml b/c/cert/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/cert-c-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 description: CERT C 2016
 suites: codeql-suites
 license: MIT
diff --git a/c/cert/test/qlpack.yml b/c/cert/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/cert-c-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/c/common/src/qlpack.yml b/c/common/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/common-c-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
   codeql/common-cpp-coding-standards: '*'
diff --git a/c/common/test/qlpack.yml b/c/common/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/common-c-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/c/misra/src/qlpack.yml b/c/misra/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/misra-c-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 description: MISRA C 2012
 suites: codeql-suites
 license: MIT
diff --git a/c/misra/test/qlpack.yml b/c/misra/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/misra-c-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/autosar/src/qlpack.yml b/cpp/autosar/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/autosar-cpp-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 description: AUTOSAR C++14 Guidelines R22-11, R21-11, R20-11, R19-11 and R19-03
 suites: codeql-suites
 license: MIT
diff --git a/cpp/autosar/test/qlpack.yml b/cpp/autosar/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/autosar-cpp-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/cert/src/qlpack.yml b/cpp/cert/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/cert-cpp-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 description: CERT C++ 2016
 suites: codeql-suites
 license: MIT
diff --git a/cpp/cert/test/qlpack.yml b/cpp/cert/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/cert-cpp-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/common/src/qlpack.yml b/cpp/common/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/common-cpp-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
   codeql/cpp-all: 0.9.3
diff --git a/cpp/common/test/qlpack.yml b/cpp/common/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/common-cpp-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/misra/src/qlpack.yml b/cpp/misra/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/misra-cpp-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 description: MISRA C++ 2008
 suites: codeql-suites
 license: MIT
diff --git a/cpp/misra/test/qlpack.yml b/cpp/misra/test/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/misra-cpp-coding-standards-tests
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 extractor: cpp
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/report/src/qlpack.yml b/cpp/report/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: codeql/report-cpp-coding-standards
-version: 2.27.0
+version: 2.27.1
 license: MIT
 dependencies:
   codeql/cpp-all: 0.9.3
diff --git a/docs/user_manual.md b/docs/user_manual.md
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 
 ## Release information
 
-This user manual documents release `2.27.0` of the coding standards located at [https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards).
+This user manual documents release `2.27.1` of the coding standards located at [https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards).
 The release page documents the release notes and contains the following artifacts part of the release:
 
-- `code-scanning-cpp-query-pack-2.27.0.zip`: coding standard queries and scripts to be used with GitHub Code Scanning or the CodeQL CLI as documented in the section _Operating manual_.
-- `supported_rules_list_2.27.0.csv`: A Comma Separated File (CSV) containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
-- `supported_rules_list_2.27.0.md`: A Markdown formatted file with a table containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
-- `user_manual_2.27.0.md`: This user manual.
+- `code-scanning-cpp-query-pack-2.27.1.zip`: coding standard queries and scripts to be used with GitHub Code Scanning or the CodeQL CLI as documented in the section _Operating manual_.
+- `supported_rules_list_2.27.1.csv`: A Comma Separated File (CSV) containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
+- `supported_rules_list_2.27.1.md`: A Markdown formatted file with a table containing the supported rules per standard and the queries that implement the rule.
+- `user_manual_2.27.1.md`: This user manual.
 - `Source Code (zip)`: A zip archive containing the contents of https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards
 - `Source Code (tar.gz)`: A GZip compressed tar archive containing the contents of https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards
 - `checksums.txt`: A text file containing sha256 checksums for the aforementioned artifacts.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ This section describes known failure modes for "CodeQL Coding Standards" and des
 |                              | Ouf of space                                                                                                                                                       | Less output. Some files may be only be partially analyzed, or not analyzed at all.                                                                        | Error reported on the command line.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Increase space. If it remains an issue report space consumption issues via the CodeQL Coding Standards [bug tracker](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/issues).                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 |                              | False positives                                                                                                                                                    | More output. Results are reported which are not violations of the guidelines.                                                                             | All reported results must be reviewed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Report false positive issues via the CodeQL Coding Standards [bug tracker](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/issues).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 |                              | False negatives                                                                                                                                                    | Less output. Violations of the guidelines are not reported.                                                                                               | Other validation and verification processes during software development should be used to complement the analysis performed by CodeQL Coding Standards.                                                                                                                                                                              | Report false negative issues via the CodeQL Coding Standards [bug tracker](https://github.com/github/codeql-coding-standards/issues).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
-|                              | Modifying coding standard suite                                                                                                                                    | More or less output. If queries are added to the query set more result can be reported. If queries are removed less results might be reported.            | All queries supported by the CodeQL Coding Standards are listed in the release artifacts `supported_rules_list_2.27.0.csv` where VERSION is replaced with the used release. The rules in the resulting Sarif file must be cross-referenced with the expected rules in this list to determine the validity of the used CodeQL suite. | Ensure that the CodeQL Coding Standards are not modified in ways that are not documented as supported modifications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+|                              | Modifying coding standard suite                                                                                                                                    | More or less output. If queries are added to the query set more result can be reported. If queries are removed less results might be reported.            | All queries supported by the CodeQL Coding Standards are listed in the release artifacts `supported_rules_list_2.27.1.csv` where VERSION is replaced with the used release. The rules in the resulting Sarif file must be cross-referenced with the expected rules in this list to determine the validity of the used CodeQL suite. | Ensure that the CodeQL Coding Standards are not modified in ways that are not documented as supported modifications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 |                              | Incorrect deviation record specification                                                                                                                           | More output. Results are reported for guidelines for which a deviation is assigned.                                                                       | Analysis integrity report lists all deviations and incorrectly specified deviation records with a reason. Ensure that all deviation records are correctly specified.                                                                                                                                                                 | Ensure that the deviation record is specified according to the specification in the user manual.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 |                              | Incorrect deviation permit specification                                                                                                                           | More output. Results are reported for guidelines for which a deviation is assigned.                                                                       | Analysis integrity report lists all deviations and incorrectly specified deviation permits with a reason. Ensure that all deviation permits are correctly specified.                                                                                                                                                                 | Ensure that the deviation record is specified according to the specification in the user manual.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 |                              | Unapproved use of a deviation record                                                                                                                               | Less output. Results for guideline violations are not reported.                                                                                           | Validate that the deviation record use is approved by verifying the approved-by attribute of the deviation record specification.                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Ensure that each raised deviation record is approved by an independent approver through an auditable process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
