Install and use the The CodeImprover Duplication GitHub App

Installation

The CodeImprover Duplication GitHub app is a standard GitHub app and obeys the rules of such. The app can soon be found in the GitHub marketplace.

Please go to this marketplace link
https://github.com/marketplace/codeimprover-duplication
for installation.

Usage

When installed, the CodeImprover GitHub app works like any other check you might have installed. 

For every commit, there will be a small icon signaling if the checks are working, failed, or succeeded. Clicking on the icon will show a list of your checks and choosing CodeImprover shows the CodeImprover Commit Report. 

The short videos to the right show how to find: 

• The commit report.
• The pull request report.
• The installation process.

Technical Reference

The Technical reference overview contains links to technical reference articles covering all CodeImprover apps and services

Duplicate Code – The Pragmatic approach

This key concept article is a description of the way duplicate code is defined and handled

Duplicate Code – Destroys Maintainability and Agility

These two articles explain in business terms why duplicate code is hampering both maintainability and business agility.

How to find the Codeimprover Duplication report for a pull request

How to install and setup the Codeimprover Duplication GitHub app