I’m currently working with several SonarQube installations and aiming to streamline the application of Quality Profile changes across them. To achieve this efficiently, I need a method to not only Compare Differences between Quality Profiles but also to effectively utilize the results of such comparisons programmatically.
Ideally, I’m looking for a way to automate this process. Is it possible to retrieve a list of all rule-IDs that constitute a Quality Profile via the WEB API? Furthermore, can a rule-ID be added to a Quality Profile through the WEB API as well?
While I could potentially develop this logic independently, I believe it would be more beneficial to have this functionality natively implemented within SonarQube itself. Therefore, I would like to propose extending SonarQube’s features to include built-in support for programmatic Quality Profile comparison and management.
Thank you for considering this enhancement.
Cheers, Daniel
SonarQube Versions: Newest and 8.9.x LTS
Objective: To create a backup of the differences resulting from a Quality Profile comparison.
- My goal is to apply this diff to a different Quality Profile.
- To facilitate this, I envision a workflow that includes:
- Storing the diff in a temporary profile.
- Importing all rules from this temporary profile into a target Quality Profile.
- Potentially exporting and importing the diff as an XML file for transfer between different SonarQube instances.
Current Limitations:
I have already compared two Quality Profiles within SonarQube’s interface. However, I haven’t found any built-in options to save these differences, or to transfer and import them for application to other profiles.
