# Run super-linter outside GitHub Actions

If you want to run super-linter outside GitHub Actions, you need a container
runtime engine to run the super-linter container image.

## Run super-linter Locally

You can run the container locally with the following configuration options to
run your code:

```bash
docker run \
  -e LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
  -e RUN_LOCAL=true \
  -v /path/to/local/codebase:/tmp/lint \
  --rm \
  ghcr.io/super-linter/super-linter:latest
```

This example uses the `latest` container image version. If you're trying to
reproduce an issue, or running super-linter as part of your CI pipeline, we
recommend that you **refer to a specific version instead**.

Notes:

- To run against a single file you can use:
  `docker run -e RUN_LOCAL=true -e USE_FIND_ALGORITHM=true -v /path/to/local/codebase/file:/tmp/lint/file ghcr.io/super-linter/super-linter`
- You need to pass the `RUN_LOCAL` option to bypass some of the GitHub Actions
  checks, as well as the mapping of your local codebase to `/tmp/lint`.
- If you want to override the `/tmp/lint` folder, you can set the
  `DEFAULT_WORKSPACE` environment variable to point to the folder you'd prefer
  to scan.
- By default the branch name `master` or `origin/master` is expected, if this is not
  the default branch name for your repository set the `DEFAULT_BRANCH` environment variable.
- You can add as many configuration options as needed. Configuration options are
  documented in the [readme](../README.md#configure-super-linter).

### GitLab

To run Super-linter in your GitLab CI/CD pipeline, You can use the following
snippet:

```yaml
super-linter:
  # More info at https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter
  stage: Super-linter
  # Use a specific Super-linter version instead of latest for more reproducible builds
  image: super-linter/super-linter:latest
  script: ["true"]
  variables:
    RUN_LOCAL: "true"
    DEFAULT_WORKSPACE: $CI_PROJECT_DIR
```

Note that this is a high-level example that you should customize for your needs.

### Run on Codespaces and Visual Studio Code

This repository provides a DevContainer for
[remote development](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers).

## Share Environment variables between environments

To avoid duplication if you run super-linter both locally and in other
environements, such as CI, you can define configuration options once, and load
them accordingly:

1. Create a configuration file for super-linter `super-linter.env`. For example:

   ```bash
   VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE=true
   ```

1. Load the super-linter configuration file when running outside GitHub Actions:

   ```bash
   docker run --rm \
       -e RUN_LOCAL=true \
       --env-file ".github/super-linter.env" \
       -v "$(pwd)":/tmp/lint \
       ghcr.io/super-linter/super-linter:latest
   ```

1. Load the super-linter configuration file when running in GitHub Actions by
   adding the following step to the GitHub Actions workflow that runs
   super-linter, after checking out your repository and before running
   super-linter:

   ```yaml
   - name: Load super-linter configuration
     # Use grep inverse matching to exclude eventual comments in the .env file
     # because the GitHub Actions command to set environment variables doesn't
     # support comments.
     # Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-environment-variable
     run: grep -v '^#' .github/super-linter.env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
   ```

## Build the container image and run the test suite locally

To run the build and test process locally, in the top-level super-linter
directory, do the following:

1. [Create a fine-grained GitHub personal access token](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens#creating-a-fine-grained-personal-access-token).
   The token only needs to have public/read-only access.

1. Store the generated personal access token in a file in the top-level
   directory (This file is ignored by Git).

   ```bash
   echo "github_pat_XXXXXX_XXXXXX" > .github-personal-access-token
   ```

1. Run the build process:

   ```bash
   . ./scripts/build-metadata.sh && make
   ```

To avoid invalidating the build cache because of changing values of build
arguments, you can set build arguments to arbitrary values before running
`make`, instead of sourcing `scripts/build-metadata.sh`:

```bash
BUILD_DATE=2023-12-12T09:32:05Z \
BUILD_REVISION=83c16f63caa9d432df4519efb4c58a56e2190bd6 \
BUILD_VERSION=83c16f63caa9d432df4519efb4c58a56e2190bd6 \
make
```

### Run the test suite against an arbitrary super-linter container image

You can run the test suite against an arbitrary super-linter container image.

Here is an example that runs the test suite against the `v5.4.3` container image
version.

```shell
CONTAINER_IMAGE_ID="ghcr.io/super-linter/super-linter:v5.4.3" \
BUILD_DATE="2023-10-17T17:00:53Z" \
BUILD_REVISION=b0d1acee1f8050d1684a28ddbf8315f81d084fe9 \
BUILD_VERSION=b0d1acee1f8050d1684a28ddbf8315f81d084fe9 \
make docker-pull test
```

Initialize the `BUILD_DATE`, `BUILD_REVISION`, and `BUILD_VERSION` variables
with the values for that specific container image version. You can get these
values from the build log for that version.

### Get the list of available build targets

To get the list of the available `Make` targets, run the following command:

```shell
make help
```

### Automatically fix formatting and linting issues

To automatically fix linting and formatting issues when supported, run the
following command:

```shell
make fix-codebase
```