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Enabling code scanning

You can quickly and easily secure your code with default setup for code scanning.

Who can use this feature?

Code scanning is available for the following repository types:

Public repositories on GitHub.com
Organization-owned repositories on GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, or GitHub Enterprise Server, with GitHub Advanced Security enabled.

Quickly set up code scanning to find vulnerable code automatically.

You can quickly configure code scanning for repositories across your organization using default setup.