Including the external files in database create

[aaaayush-n]

I want to run codeql database create for a golang project and I want to also include the vendor file. By default the database create command skips dependencies of a project to be included. I want to include the dependencies in my database.
How do I proceed with this?

[mbg]

Hi @aaaayush-n 👋

Thanks for the question! Interestingly, we just merged a change recently which allows you to set CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_EXTRACT_VENDOR_DIRS=true in your environment to cause the Go extractor to extract vendored dependencies. I am not sure if this change made it into the latest available release, but if not, it should start working with the next release.

[smowton]

7ca57e1 is not in branch codeql-cli-2.18.0, so it isn't in the current release, but it will be in CodeQL 2.18.1, expected later this week (Thursday or Friday)

[aaaayush-n]

Cool, Thanks!

[aaaayush-n]

Hi @smowton @mbg , I wanted to know if this update is live?

[jketema]

Yes, CodeQL 2.18.1 has been released: https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries/releases/tag/v2.18.1