'Ignore Issues in Blocks' Regex Help

[GCDewski (Gracie)]

Hi all!

I’m on Sonarqube version 7.9.4.35981

I’m currently running into an issue where some new code is being called duplication, but it is not relevant because it is just some import lines:

What I would like to do is exclude all the import blocks from being considered in duplication counts. I currently have the following set up on the interface to try and exclude these blocks, but both options do not seem to work.

Any help is appreciated,
Thanks.

[ganncamp (G Ann Campbell)]

Hi,

I think (know!) you’re thinking this mechanism is more sophisticated than it is. You need to provide a positive match pattern. Something like //end imports (which of course implies editing your files which is an obvious PITA and probable no-go). Also, I’m pretty sure that this is a line-by-line detection, so an end pattern of \n\n isn’t going to work.

 

Ann

[GCDewski (Gracie)]

Thanks for your response!

So in screenshot I tried the more simple solution of just looking for “imports” as the start string and "; as the end string. I’m guessing that "; won’t work as the end option because it’s not a simple string?

[ganncamp (G Ann Campbell)]

Hi,

No, it should work… if you have a line that consists entirely of ;. As I said,

@ganncamp

I’m pretty sure that this is a line-by-line detection

Also of note, what this exclusion type is looking for is the pattern that marks the beginning of a block of lines, e.g.

// Generated

And the pattern that marks the end of the block, e.g.

// End generated

 
HTH,
Ann

[GCDewski (Gracie)]

OH. I see. Wow that does not do what I thought it did.

Alrighty, I’m on the same page now. Thank you for your help . I’ll just exclude the file until the next new code period. I don’t want to add any lines without a good reason.