Ignoring lockfiles and dependencies

There are several methods to restrict code files or lock files from generating dependency findings.

Create a .semgrepignore file in your repository's root directory and define code files and lock files to ignore. For more information, see Ignoring files, folders, and code.

Refer to the following table to see which goal best suits your need:

Goal	Method
Prevent a code file from generating any reachable findings.	Include the code file's path in the repository's .semgrepignore file.
Prevent a lockfile from generating any unreachable findings but still generate reachable findings from a code file.	Include a file path in in the repository's semgrepignore file.
Prevent a code file from generating any reachable or unreachable findings.	Include a file paths of the lockfile and code file in the repository's .semgrepignore file.

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Unreachable findings are only generated from lockfiles. This is because unreachable findings are defined as the absence of a match in the code.

Examples

Given the following:

• A codefile_with_vuln.js that has reachable and unreachable findings due to a vulnerable dependency.
• A package-lock.json that lists the vulnerable dependency.

In the following example, adding codefile_with_vuln.js to .semgrepignore ignores any reachable findings from codefile_with_vuln.js.

codefile_with_vuln.js

In the following example, addingpackage-lock.json to .semgrepignore generates reachable findings from codefile_with_vuln.js, but ignores unreachable findings.

package-lock.json

In the following example, adding both package-lock.json and codefile_with_vuln.js ignores both reachable and unreachable findings.

codefile_with_vuln.js
package-lock.json