Updates - we may have to YOLO push this to get it to work for the first time

Author: bryceitoc9

.github/workflows/qodana-check-duplicatedcode.yml

@@ -33,24 +33,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool-cache: false
           large-packages: false
-      - name: Test ls command
-        run: ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-      - name: test more
-        run: ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/qodana-configs
-      - name: test more more
-        run: ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/qodana-configs/duplicated-code
-      - name: test more more more
-        run: cat  $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/qodana-configs/duplicated-code/qodana.yaml
-      - name: test more more more more
-        run: cd  $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/qodana-configs/duplicated-code && pwd
       - name: 'Qodana Scan'
         uses: JetBrains/[email protected]
         env:
           QODANA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QODANA_TOKEN }}
         with:
+          # --config points to the DuplicatedCode-only Qodana config
+          # --baseline points to the DuplicatedCode baseline to ensure that only new DuplicatedCode changes are found
+          # --baseline-include-absent will make this test fail if duplicated code from the baseline is remediated, which calls for a rebaselining.
           args:
             --config,${{ github.workspace }}/qodana-configs/duplicated-code/qodana.yaml,--baseline,${{ github.workspace }}/qodana-configs/duplicated-code/qodana.sarif.json,--baseline-include-absent
           cache-default-branch-only: true
+          # pr-mode off means that the whole repo should be checked for duplicate code, instead of just copy/pastes within the PR
+          pr-mode: false
       - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
         with:
           sarif_file: ${{ runner.temp }}/qodana/results/qodana.sarif.json

qodana-configs/duplicated-code/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Duplicated Code Check
+
+This check only runs the Qodana DuplicatedCode check and should post duplicated code to [Github PRs](../../.github/workflows/qodana-check-duplicatedcode.yml).
+
+This code currently incorporates a [baseline file](qodana.sarif.json), so existing duplicated code won't fail CI.
+* As of July 2025, the GitHub Action will also trigger a failure if duplicates are _removed_ from the baseline, which should trigger a rebaselining.  
+
+## Updating the Baseline File
+* Locally: run the "Try Code Analysis with Qodana" action
+* Temporarily overwrite the full repo's `qodana.yaml` by pasting in the contents of this job's [`qodana.yaml`](qodana.yaml) file
+* After the job finishes, in the "Problems" panel:
+  * Click "Server-Side Analysis" to view the Qodana output
+  * Click the Globe icon to view the output in the browser
+* In the browser:
+  * Click the "Select All" checkbox over the problem table
+  * Click "Move selected to baseline"
+* In the IDE: 
+  * Overwrite the `qodana.sarif.json` file in this directory with the generated `qodana.sarif.json`
+  * `git checkout qodana.yaml` to restore the full `qodana.yaml` config
+  * Commit this `qodana.sarif.json` file along with your updated code