C++: introduce automatic installation of dependencies in the autobuilder

This introduces the possibility to automatically install dependencies
when running the C++ autobuilder on an Ubuntu runner, that will be
available with upcoming version 2.15.0.

An experimental `cpp-autoinstall-dependencies` input is added to the
`autobuild` action. When not set, the default is driven by a feature
flag.

autobuild/action.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ inputs:
       working directory. If this input is not set, the autobuilder runs with
       $GITHUB_WORKSPACE as its working directory.
     required: false
+  cpp-autoinstall-dependencies:
+    description: >-
+      Experimental input, the API may change in the future.
+      Set to true to enable trying to automatically detect and install
+      dependencies when running the C/C++ autobuilder, set to anything else
+      to explicitly disable it. This only works when running on Ubuntu and
+      is automatically disabled otherwise. If this input is not set the
+      default is currently driven by the cpp_dependency_installation_enabled
+      feature flag or the CODEQL_CPP_DEPENDENCY_INSTALLATION environment
+      variable.
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
   main: '../lib/autobuild-action.js'

src/autobuild.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import { getCodeQL } from "./codeql";
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
+
+import { getOptionalInput, getTemporaryDirectory } from "./actions-util";
+import { getGitHubVersion } from "./api-client";
+import { CodeQL, getCodeQL } from "./codeql";
 import * as configUtils from "./config-utils";
-import { Language, isTracedLanguage } from "./languages";
+import { Feature, Features } from "./feature-flags";
+import { isTracedLanguage, Language } from "./languages";
 import { Logger } from "./logging";
+import { parseRepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
+import { codeQlVersionAbove, getRequiredEnvParam } from "./util";
 
 export async function determineAutobuildLanguages(
   config: configUtils.Config,
@@ -91,13 +98,58 @@ export async function determineAutobuildLanguages(
   return languages;
 }
 
+async function setupCppAutobuild(codeql: CodeQL, logger: Logger) {
+  const envVar = "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_CPP_AUTOINSTALL_DEPENDENCIES";
+  const actionInput = getOptionalInput("cpp-autoinstall-dependencies");
+  const featureName = "C++ automatic installation of dependencies";
+  if (actionInput) {
+    if (
+      actionInput === "true" &&
+      !(await codeQlVersionAbove(codeql, "2.15.0"))
+    ) {
+      logger.warning(
+        `${featureName} was explicitly requested but is only available starting from CodeQL version 2.15.0, disabling it`,
+      );
+      core.exportVariable(envVar, "false");
+    } else {
+      logger.info(
+        `${
+          actionInput === "true" ? "Enabling" : "Disabling"
+        } ${featureName} explicitly requested`,
+      );
+      core.exportVariable(envVar, actionInput);
+    }
+  } else {
+    const gitHubVersion = await getGitHubVersion();
+    const repositoryNwo = parseRepositoryNwo(
+      getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_REPOSITORY"),
+    );
+    const features = new Features(
+      gitHubVersion,
+      repositoryNwo,
+      getTemporaryDirectory(),
+      logger,
+    );
+    if (await features.getValue(Feature.CppDependencyInstallation, codeql)) {
+      logger.info(`Enabling  ${featureName}`);
+      core.exportVariable(envVar, "true");
+    } else {
+      logger.info(`Disabling ${featureName}`);
+      core.exportVariable(envVar, "false");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export async function runAutobuild(
   language: Language,
   config: configUtils.Config,
   logger: Logger,
 ) {
   logger.startGroup(`Attempting to automatically build ${language} code`);
   const codeQL = await getCodeQL(config.codeQLCmd);
+  if (language === Language.cpp) {
+    await setupCppAutobuild(codeQL, logger);
+  }
   await codeQL.runAutobuild(language);
   logger.endGroup();
 }

src/feature-flags.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export enum Feature {
   AnalysisSummaryV2Enabled = "analysis_summary_v2_enabled",
   CliConfigFileEnabled = "cli_config_file_enabled",
   CodeqlJavaLombokEnabled = "codeql_java_lombok_enabled",
+  CppDependencyInstallation = "cpp_dependency_installation_enabled",
   DisableKotlinAnalysisEnabled = "disable_kotlin_analysis_enabled",
   DisablePythonDependencyInstallationEnabled = "disable_python_dependency_installation_enabled",
   EvaluatorIntraLayerParallelismEnabled = "evaluator_intra_layer_parallelism_enabled",
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ export const featureConfig: Record<
     minimumVersion: "2.14.0",
     defaultValue: false,
   },
+  [Feature.CppDependencyInstallation]: {
+    envVar: "CODEQL_CPP_DEPENDENCY_INSTALLATION",
+    minimumVersion: "2.15.0",
+    defaultValue: false,
+  },
   [Feature.DisableKotlinAnalysisEnabled]: {
     envVar: "CODEQL_DISABLE_KOTLIN_ANALYSIS",
     minimumVersion: undefined,