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Support ignoring generated files
This PR adds experimental support for excluding files that are marked as linguist-generated=true in a .gitattributes file from analysis.
Risk assessment
For internal use only. Please select the risk level of this change:
- Low risk: Changes are fully under feature flags, or have been fully tested and validated in pre-production environments and are highly observable, or are documentation or test only.
Which use cases does this change impact?
Workflow types:
- Managed - Impacts users with
dynamicworkflows (Default Setup, CCR, ...).
Products:
- CCR - The changes impact analyses for Copilot Code Reviews.
Environments:
- Dotcom - Impacts CodeQL workflows on
github.com.
How did/will you validate this change?
- Test repository - This change will be tested on a test repository before merging.
- Unit tests - I am depending on unit test coverage (i.e. tests in
.test.tsfiles). - End-to-end tests - I am depending on PR checks (i.e. tests in
pr-checks).
If something goes wrong after this change is released, what are the mitigation and rollback strategies?
- Feature flags - All new or changed code paths can be fully disabled with corresponding feature flags.
How will you know if something goes wrong after this change is released?
- Telemetry - I rely on existing telemetry or have made changes to the telemetry.
- Dashboards - I will watch relevant dashboards for issues after the release. Consider whether this requires this change to be released at a particular time rather than as part of a regular release.
- Alerts - New or existing monitors will trip if something goes wrong with this change.
Are there any special considerations for merging or releasing this change?
- No special considerations - This change can be merged at any time.