Merge pull request github#11085 from dbartol/dbartol/ql-for-ql-latest

Use latest released bundle for QL-for-QL

Author: erik-krogh

.github/actions/find-latest-bundle/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Find Latest CodeQL Bundle
+description: Finds the URL of the latest released version of the CodeQL bundle.
+outputs:
+  url:
+    description: The download URL of the latest CodeQL bundle release
+    value: ${{ steps.find-latest.outputs.url }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Find Latest Release
+      id: find-latest
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        $Latest = gh release list --repo github/codeql-action --exclude-drafts --limit 1000 |
+          ForEach-Object { $C = $_ -split "`t"; return @{ type = $C[1]; tag = $C[2]; } } |
+          Where-Object { $_.type -eq 'Latest' }
+
+        $Tag = $Latest.tag
+        if ($Tag -eq '') {
+          throw 'Failed to find latest bundle release.'
+        }
+
+        Write-Output "Latest bundle tag is '${Tag}'."
+        "url=https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/download/${Tag}/codeql-bundle-linux64.tar.gz" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-build.yml

@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       ### Build the queries ###
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Find latest bundle
+        id: find-latest-bundle
+        uses: ./.github/actions/find-latest-bundle
       - name: Find codeql
         id: find-codeql
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@77a8d2d10c0b403a8b4aadbd223dc489ecd22683
         with:
           languages: javascript # does not matter
+          tools: ${{ steps.find-latest-bundle.outputs.url }}
       - name: Get CodeQL version
         id: get-codeql-version
         run: |
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ jobs:
           languages: ql
           db-location: ${{ runner.temp }}/db
           config-file: ./ql-for-ql-config.yml
+          tools: ${{ steps.find-latest-bundle.outputs.url }}
       - name: Move pack cache
         run: |
           cp -r ${PACK}/.cache ql/ql/src/.cache