GitHub source audits

Use --github-repo to audit a public GitHub repository without manually cloning it first.

repovista audit --github-repo nordbyte/RepoVista
repovista audit --github-repo https://github.com/nordbyte/RepoVista --github-ref v0.4.0

Accepted repository values

--github-repo accepts:

• owner/repo
• https://github.com/owner/repo

--github-ref accepts a branch, tag, or full commit SHA. If omitted, RepoVista uses the remote HEAD branch.

Output

RepoVista stores cloned source and report output below the local output root. Run metadata records the source repository and analyzed commit, which later publishing commands use for GitHub permalinks.

Publishing back to GitHub

Only GitHub-source runs can publish selected findings back to the analyzed repository:

repovista publish fnd_abc123def456 --run 2026-05-21T10-00-00-000Z --as issue --dry-run
repovista publish fnd_abc123def456 --run 2026-05-21T10-00-00-000Z --as pr --dry-run

See Publishing.