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sonar-scanner — A generic scanner for SonarQube projects that do not use build tools such as Maven, Gradle, or Ant.

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Problem

How to use the sonar-scanner command: A generic scanner for SonarQube projects that do not use build tools such as Maven, Gradle, or Ant. More information: <https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/analyzing-source-code/scanners/sonarscanner>.

Solution

sonar-scanner — A generic scanner for SonarQube projects that do not use build tools such as Maven, Gradle, or Ant. More information: <https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/analyzing-source-code/scanners/sonarscanner>.

Scan a project with configuration file in your project's root directory named sonar-project.properties:

sonar-scanner

Scan a project using configuration file other than sonar-project.properties:

sonar-scanner {{[-D|--define]}} {{project.settings=myproject.properties}}

Print debugging information:

sonar-scanner {{[-X|--debug]}}

Display help:

sonar-scanner {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Scan a project with configuration file in your project's root directory named `sonar-project.properties`

sonar-scanner

Scan a project using configuration file other than `sonar-project.properties`

sonar-scanner {{[-D|--define]}} {{project.settings=myproject.properties}}

Print debugging information

sonar-scanner {{[-X|--debug]}}

Display help

sonar-scanner {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/sonar-scanner

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