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/usr/bin/reviewdog

Automated code review tool integrated with any code analysis tools regardless of programming language

From reviewdog 0.21.3-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-08 by running reviewdog --help (exit 2). permalink

Usage:	reviewdog [flags]
	reviewdog accepts any compiler or linter results from stdin and filters
	them by diff for review. reviewdog also can posts the results as a comment to
	GitHub if you use reviewdog in CI service.
Flags:
  -conf string
    	config file path
  -diff string
    	diff command (e.g. "git diff") for local reporters. Do not use --relative flag for git command.
  -efm value
    	list of supported machine-readable format and errorformat (https://github.com/reviewdog/errorformat)
  -f string
    	format name (run -list to see supported format name) for input. It's also used as tool name in review comment if -name is empty
  -f.diff.strip int
    	option for -f=diff: strip NUM leading components from diff file names (equivalent to 'patch -p') (default is 1 for git diff) (default 1)
  -fail-level value
    	reviewdog will exit with code 1 if it finds at least 1 issue with severity greater than or equal to the given level. [none(default),any,info,warning,error]
  -fail-on-error
    	[DEPRECATED] use -fail-level instead
  -filter-mode value
    	how to filter checks results. [added, diff_context, file, nofilter].
    			"added" (default)
    				Filter by added/modified diff lines.
    			"diff_context"
    				Filter by diff context, which can include unchanged lines.
    				i.e. changed lines +-N lines (e.g. N=3 for default git diff).
    			"file"
    				Filter by added/modified file.
    			"nofilter"
    				Do not filter any results.

  -guess
    	guess Pull Request ID by branch name and commit SHA
  -level string
    	default report level for supported reporters ("info","warning","error").
  -list
    	list supported pre-defined format names which can be used as -f arg
  -log-level string
    	log level for reviewdog itself. (debug, info, warning, error) (default "info")
  -name string
    	tool name in review comment. -f is used as tool name if -name is empty
  -reporter string
    	reporter of reviewdog results.
    		"local" (default)
    			Report results to stdout.

    		"rdjson"
    			Report results to stdout in rdjson format.

    		"rdjsonl"
    			Report results to stdout in rdjsonl format.

    		"sarif"
    			Report results to stdout in SARIF format.

    		"github-check"
    			Report results to GitHub Check. It works both for Pull Requests and commits.
    			For Pull Request, you can see report results in GitHub PullRequest Check
    			tab and can control filtering mode by -filter-mode flag.

    			There are two options to use this reporter.

    			Option 1) Run reviewdog from GitHub Actions w/ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN
    				Note that it reports result to GitHub Actions log console for Pull
    				Requests from fork repository due to GitHub Actions restriction.
    				https://help.github.com/en/articles/virtual-environments-for-github-actions#github_token-secret

    				Set REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN with secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN. e.g.
    						REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

    			Option 2) Install reviewdog GitHub Apps
    				1. Install reviewdog Apps. https://github.com/apps/reviewdog
    				2. Set REVIEWDOG_TOKEN.
    				You can get token from https://reviewdog.app/gh/<owner>/<repo-name>.
    				$ export REVIEWDOG_TOKEN="xxxxx"

    		"github-pr-check"
    			Same as github-check reporter but it only supports Pull Requests.

    		"github-pr-review"
    			Report results to GitHub review comments.

    			1. Set REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN environment variable.
    			Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and create new Personal access token with repo scope.

    			For GitHub Enterprise:
    				$ export GITHUB_API="https://example.githubenterprise.com/api/v3"

    		"github-annotations"
    			Report results to stdout in GitHub Actions annotation format.

    		"github-pr-annotations"
    			Same as github-annotations reporter but it only supports Pull Requests.

    		"gitlab-mr-discussion"
    			Report results to GitLab MergeRequest discussion.

    			1. Set REVIEWDOG_GITLAB_API_TOKEN environment variable.
    			Go to https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens

    			CI_API_V4_URL (defined by Gitlab CI) as the base URL for the Gitlab API automatically.
    			Alternatively, GITLAB_API can also be defined, and it will take precedence over the former:
    				$ export GITLAB_API="https://example.gitlab.com/api/v4"

    		"gitlab-mr-commit"
    			Same as gitlab-mr-discussion, but report results to GitLab comments for
    			each commits in Merge Requests.

    		"gerrit-change-review"
    			Report results to Gerrit Change comments.

    			1. Set GERRIT_USERNAME and GERRIT_PASSWORD for basic authentication or
    			GIT_GITCOOKIE_PATH for git cookie based authentication.
    			2. Set GERRIT_CHANGE_ID, GERRIT_REVISION_ID GERRIT_BRANCH and GERRIT_ADDRESS

    			For example:
    				$ export GERRIT_CHANGE_ID=myproject~master~I1293efab014de2
    				$ export GERRIT_REVISION_ID=ed318bf9a3c
    				$ export GERRIT_BRANCH=master
    				$ export GERRIT_ADDRESS=http://localhost:8080

    		"bitbucket-code-report"
    			Create Bitbucket Code Report via Code Insights
    			(https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Code+insights).
    			You can set custom report name with:

    			If running as part of Bitbucket Pipelines no additional configurations is needed.
    			If running outside of Bitbucket Pipelines you need to provide git repo data
    			(see documentation below for local reporters) and BitBucket credentials:
    			- For Basic Auth you need to set following env variables:
    				  BITBUCKET_USER and BITBUCKET_PASSWORD
    			- For AccessToken Auth you need to set BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN

    			To post results to Bitbucket Server specify BITBUCKET_SERVER_URL.

    		"gitea-pr-review"
    			Report results to Gitea review comments.

    			1. Set REVIEWDOG_GITEA_API_TOKEN environment variable.
    			Go to https://<gitea-server>/user/settings/applications and create new Access Token token with repo scope.
    			2. Set GITEA_ADDRESS environment variable to your Gitea server base address.
    			For example:
    				$ export GITEA_ADDRESS=http://localhost:3000

    		For GitHub Enterprise and self hosted GitLab or Gitea, set
    		REVIEWDOG_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY to skip verifying SSL (please use this at your own risk)
    			$ export REVIEWDOG_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true

    		For non-local reporters, reviewdog automatically get necessary data from
    		environment variable in CI service (GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Circle CI, drone.io, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines).
    		You can set necessary data with following environment variable manually if
    		you want (e.g. run reviewdog in Jenkins).

    			$ export CI_PULL_REQUEST=14 # Pull Request number (e.g. 14)
    			$ export CI_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse @)" # SHA1 for the current build
    			$ export CI_REPO_OWNER="haya14busa" # repository owner
    			$ export CI_REPO_NAME="reviewdog" # repository name
    	 (default "local")
  -runners string
    	comma separated runners name to run in config file. default: run all runners
  -strip int
    	strip NUM leading components from diff file names (equivalent to 'patch -p') (default is 1 for git diff) (default 1)
  -tee
    	enable "tee"-like mode which outputs tools's output as is while reporting results to -reporter. Useful for debugging as well.
  -version
    	print version

See https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog for more detail.
Options (18)
OptionDescriptionSource
-conf stringconfig file pathhelp
-diff stringdiff command (e.g. "git diff") for local reporters.help
-efm valuelist of supported machine-readable format and errorformat (https://github.com/reviewdog/errorformat)help
-f stringformat name (run -list to see supported format name) for input.help
-f.diff.strip intoption for -f=diff: strip NUM leading components from diff file names (equivalent to 'patch -p') (default is 1 for git diff) (default 1)help
-fail-level valuereviewdog will exit with code 1 if it finds at least 1 issue with severity greater than or equal to the given level.help
-fail-on-error[DEPRECATED] use -fail-level insteadhelp
-filter-mode valuehow to filter checks results.help
-guessguess Pull Request ID by branch name and commit SHAhelp
-level stringdefault report level for supported reporters ("info","warning","error").help
-listlist supported pre-defined format names which can be used as -f arghelp
-log-level stringlog level for reviewdog itself.help
-name stringtool name in review comment.help
-reporter stringreporter of reviewdog results.help
-runners stringcomma separated runners name to run in config file.help
-strip intstrip NUM leading components from diff file names (equivalent to 'patch -p') (default is 1 for git diff) (default 1)help
-teeenable "tee"-like mode which outputs tools's output as is while reporting results to -reporter.help
-versionprint versionhelp

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