[ci] Add exclusions for PoliCheck and CredScan#2389
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Adds an exclusions file for policheck to allow it to ignore the sources in the `third_party` folder that we do not own.
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This cuts the issue set down dramatically (from Latest failing run from main: https://devdiv.visualstudio.com/DevDiv/_build/results?buildId=7141188&view=logs&j=20168050-bfe6-5e92-c15c-a5eae27a73d9&t=dc840bab-140a-508c-d5e2-ec42cf763889&l=2674 |
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The new versions of the tools have uncovered some more issues, but we've gone from 2617 down to 169 in the latest run and now have a better starting point to resolve the rest. This should be ready to go. |
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Adds a exclusion files for CredScan and PoliCheck to ignore third party
sources and a mathematical term used as a variable name in number of
places. The versions of the compliance and reporting tasks used have
also been updated.
The new
source.gdnsuppressfile is used to exclude specific terms fromPoliCheck, as the
PoliCheckExclusions.xmlfile does not allow verygranular control. This file is generated and uploaded by the build, and
the generated file can be used to update the in-tree file to exclude
more terms in the future as needed.