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>...Description
Autoformat QL source code.
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.)