From b8e215ff6f93e3ce8167a18a90f81c0d2d8654b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aahmed-dfe <Aasim.AHMED@EDUCATION.GOV.UK>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:02:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] apply sonar-exclusions and rename existing args to align
 defaults

---
 sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml b/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
index 15cfcba..715cda2 100644
--- a/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
+++ b/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ""
 
+  sonarscan-exclusions:
+    description: "Comma-separated list of analysis exclusion patterns."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+
   use-global-json:
     description: "Use global.json to select SDK."
     required: false
@@ -118,6 +123,12 @@ runs:
 
         echo "Starting SonarCloud analysis for ${{ inputs.sonarcloud-project-key }}"
 
+        if [ -n "${{ inputs.sonarscan-exclusions }}" ]; then
+          ANALYSIS_EXCLUSIONS_ARG="/d:sonar.exclusions=${{ inputs.sonarscan-exclusions }}"
+        else
+          ANALYSIS_EXCLUSIONS_ARG=""
+        fi
+
         if [ -n "${{ inputs.coverage-report-path }}" ]; then
           COVERAGE_ARG="/d:sonar.coverageReportPaths=${{ inputs.coverage-report-path }}"
         else
@@ -129,6 +140,7 @@ runs:
           /k:"${{ inputs.sonarcloud-project-key }}" \
           /d:sonar.host.url="${{ inputs.sonarcloud-url }}" \
           /d:sonar.token="$TOKEN" \
+          ${ANALYSIS_EXCLUSIONS_ARG} \
           ${COVERAGE_ARG} \
           /d:sonar.coverage.exclusions="${{ inputs.coverage-exclusions }}" \
           /d:sonar.scanner.skipJreProvisioning=true \

From 092e2b2a3e43d688039b11166c5194c9852ff889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aahmed-dfe <Aasim.AHMED@EDUCATION.GOV.UK>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:08:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] aling

---
 sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml b/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
index 715cda2..539f7b0 100644
--- a/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
+++ b/sonarscan-dotnet/action.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ runs:
           COVERAGE_ARG=""
         fi
 
+        if [ -n "${{ inputs.coverage-exclusions }}" ]; then
+          COVERAGE_EXCLUSIONS_ARG="/d:sonar.coverage.exclusions=${{ inputs.coverage-exclusions }}"
+        else
+          COVERAGE_EXCLUSIONS_ARG=""
+        fi
+
         dotnet tool run dotnet-sonarscanner begin \
           /o:"${{ inputs.sonarcloud-organisation }}" \
           /k:"${{ inputs.sonarcloud-project-key }}" \
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ runs:
           /d:sonar.token="$TOKEN" \
           ${ANALYSIS_EXCLUSIONS_ARG} \
           ${COVERAGE_ARG} \
-          /d:sonar.coverage.exclusions="${{ inputs.coverage-exclusions }}" \
+          ${COVERAGE_EXCLUSIONS_ARG} \
           /d:sonar.scanner.skipJreProvisioning=true \
           ${{ inputs.sonarscan-args }}