From 1bac334738b1776172c91f41868e1a53b73b1ef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henry Mercer Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 17:19:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update `languages` help Recommend using a matrix build --- init/action.yml | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/init/action.yml b/init/action.yml index c7aa29f0c..773ef1b87 100644 --- a/init/action.yml +++ b/init/action.yml @@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ inputs: # If not specified the Action will check in several places until it finds the CodeQL tools. languages: description: | - A comma-separated value of the languages to be analysed e.g. python,javascript + A comma-separated list of CodeQL languages to analyze. + + Due to the performance benefit of parallelizing builds, we recommend specifying languages to + analyze using a matrix and providing `${{ matrix.language }}` as this input. + + For more information, see + https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/customizing-your-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning#changing-the-languages-that-are-analyzed. required: false build-mode: description: >-