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Usage

From the CLI help in src/cli.ts:

fakegreen [options]                 scan uncommitted + staged changes vs HEAD (+ untracked files)
fakegreen hook --agent <name>       end-of-turn hook mode (reads hook JSON on stdin)
fakegreen install <target>          claude | codex | gemini | pre-commit | github-action | skill
fakegreen rules                     list all rules

Diff source (pick one)

Flag Meaning
--staged only staged changes
--base <ref> everything since the merge-base with <ref>, incl. uncommitted
--last-commit HEAD~1..HEAD
--commit <sha> a specific commit
--diff <file|-> read a unified diff from a file or stdin
--no-untracked ignore untracked files

Output and thresholds

Flag Meaning
--json, --sarif, --format pretty|json|sarif|github output format (default pretty)
--fail-on high|medium|low|none exit 1 when a finding is at/above this (default high)
--min-severity <sev> hide findings below this (default low)
--no-color / --color force colors; NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR are respected
-C, --cwd <dir> run as if started in <dir>
--config <file> default lookup: .fakegreenrc.json, .fakegreenrc, package.json#fakegreen

Install flags: --yes/-y, --dry-run, --global, --local (Claude only), --command <cmd> (default npx --yes fakegreen), --hook-args <args>.

Exit codes: 0 clean, 1 findings at/above --fail-on, 2 usage or git error.

Rules

Rule ids from src/rules/registry.ts: assertion-expected-changed, assertion-removed, assertion-trivial, assertion-weakened, ci-failure-ignored, ci-step-disabled, ci-step-removed, coverage-exclusion-added, coverage-threshold-lowered, error-swallowed, ignore-comment-added, lint-rule-disabled, suppression-added, test-conditional-skip, test-count-dropped, test-env-special-case, test-exclusion-added, test-file-deleted, test-focused, test-script-neutered, test-skipped, typecheck-weakened. Run fakegreen rules for descriptions and severities.

GitHub Action

action.yml inputs: version (default latest), base (default origin/<PR base> or HEAD~1), fail-on (default high), args. See examples/github-workflow.yml.

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