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## Configuration options
-Configure this action by either inlining these options in your workflow file or by using an external configuration file. All configuration options are optional.
+Configure this action by either inlining these options in your workflow file, or by using an external configuration file. All configuration options are optional.
| Option | Usage | Possible values | Default value |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
-| `fail-on-severity` | Defines the threshold for level of severity. The action will fail on any pull requests that introduce vulnerabilities of the specified severity level or higher. | `low`, `moderate`, `high`, `critical` | `low` |
+| `fail-on-severity` | Defines the threshold for the level of severity. The action will fail on any pull requests that introduce vulnerabilities of the specified severity level or higher. | `low`, `moderate`, `high`, `critical` | `low` |
| `allow-licenses`* | Contains a list of allowed licenses. The action will fail on pull requests that introduce dependencies with licenses that do not match the list. | Any [SPDX-compliant identifier(s)](https://spdx.org/licenses/) | none |
| `deny-licenses`* | Contains a list of prohibited licenses. The action will fail on pull requests that introduce dependencies with licenses that match the list. | Any [SPDX-compliant identifier(s)](https://spdx.org/licenses/) | none |
| `fail-on-scopes`† | Contains a list of strings of the build environments you want to support. The action will fail on pull requests that introduce vulnerabilities in the scopes that match the list. |`runtime`, `development`, `unknown` | `runtime` |
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ jobs:
### Configuration File
-You can use an external configuration file to specify the settings for this action. It can be a local file or a file in an external repository. Refer to the following options for specification.
+You can use an external configuration file to specify the settings for this action. It can be a local file or a file in an external repository. Refer to the following options for the specification.
| Option | Usage | Possible values |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `config-file` | A path to a file in the current repository or an external repository. Use this syntax for external files: `OWNER/REPOSITORY/FILENAME@BRANCH` | local file: `./.github/dependency-review-config.yml`,
external repo: `github/octorepo/dependency-review-config.yml@main` |
-| `external-repo-token` | Specifies a token for fetching the configuration file, if the file resides in a private external repository. Create a token in [developer settings](https://github.com/settings/tokens). | Any token with `read` permissions to the repository hosting the config file. |
+| `config-file` | A path to a file in the current repository or an external repository. Use this syntax for external files: `OWNER/REPOSITORY/FILENAME@BRANCH` | **Local file**: `./.github/dependency-review-config.yml`
**External repo**: `github/octorepo/dependency-review-config.yml@main` |
+| `external-repo-token` | Specifies a token for fetching the configuration file if the file resides in a private external repository. Create a token in [developer settings](https://github.com/settings/tokens). | Any token with `read` permissions to the repository hosting the config file. |
#### Example