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docs/codeql/codeql-cli/getting-started-with-the-codeql-cli.rst

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":doc:`Upgrading CodeQL databases <upgrading-codeql-databases>`."
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- For the queries used on `LGTM.com <https://lgtm.com>`__, check out the
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``lgtm.com`` branch. You can run these queries on databases you've recently
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downloaded from LGTM.com. Older databases may need to be upgraded before
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you can analyze them. The queries on the ``lgtm.com`` branch are also more
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likely to be compatible with the ``latest`` CLI, so you'll be less likely
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to have to upgrade newly-created databases than if you use the ``main``
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branch.
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``lgtm.com`` branch. You should use this branch if you've built a database
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using CODEQL CLI or fetched a database from Code Scanning. You can
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run these queries on databases you've recently downloaded from LGTM.com.
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Older databases may need to be upgraded before you can analyze them. The
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queries on the ``lgtm.com`` branch are also more likely to be compatible
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with the ``latest`` CLI, so you'll be less likely to have to upgrade
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newly-created databases than if you use the ``main`` branch.
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- For the queries used in a particular LGTM Enterprise release, check out the
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branch tagged with the relevant release number. For example, the branch

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