Function findAstGrepBinary

scanner/astgrep.go:159–174

findAstGrepBinary checks for "ast-grep" first, then "sg". Linux commonly ships a non-ast-grep "sg" binary, so candidates must identify themselves as ast-grep before we accept them.

()

// Linux commonly ships a non-ast-grep "sg" binary, so candidates must
// identify themselves as ast-grep before we accept them.
func findAstGrepBinary() string {
	if bundled := findBundledAstGrepBinary(); bundled != "" {
		return bundled
	}

	for _, candidate := range []string{"ast-grep", "sg"} {
		path, err := exec.LookPath(candidate)
		if err != nil {
			continue
		}
		if isAstGrepBinary(path) {
			return path
		}
	}
	return ""
}

// Close cleans up temp rules directory
func (s *AstGrepScanner) Close() {