diff --git a/docs/kb/semgrep-ci/mr-comments-through-gitlab-runner.md b/docs/kb/semgrep-ci/mr-comments-through-gitlab-runner.md index 22c93a187..aca4fb2c3 100644 --- a/docs/kb/semgrep-ci/mr-comments-through-gitlab-runner.md +++ b/docs/kb/semgrep-ci/mr-comments-through-gitlab-runner.md @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ append_help_link: true title: Receive Semgrep MR comments through a GitLab runner hide_title: true -description: Set additional environment variables to receive Semgrep MR comments through a GitLab runner. +description: Set additional environment variables to receive Semgrep MR comments with other pipeline events. tags: - Semgrep in CI --- -# Receive Semgrep MR comments through a GitLab runner +# Receive Semgrep MR comments with other pipeline events Generally, Semgrep recommends using the [ GitLab merge request pipeline](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/merge_request_pipelines.html) to receive MR comments. This method is used in the default [Semgrep GitLab config file](/semgrep-ci/sample-ci-configs/#sample-github-actions-configuration-file). -However, you can also receive comments through your own [ GitLab runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) by setting the following variables in your CI job: +However, if you run pipelines on [other events](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/webhook_events.html), and want those pipelines to run [diff-aware scans](https://semgrep.dev/docs/semgrep-code/glossary#diff-aware-scan), you can configure them to do so and thereby receive comments by setting the following variables in your CI job:
export GITLAB_CI='true'