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CodeRabbit gives you two ways to configure how it works with your team's repositories:
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- The [Repositories](https://app.coderabbit.ai/settings/repositories) page of the
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Dashboard
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- The **Organization Settings** and **Repositories** pages of [the
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CodeRabbit web interface](https://app.coderabbit.ai/login)
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- A [`coderabbit.yaml` file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/) in your repository
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The graphical UI of the Repositories page lets you set up your per-repository
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preferences more rapidly, and can help you get familiar with CodeRabbit configuration options.
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The web interface lets you set up your organization's code review
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preferences rapidly, and can help you get familiar with CodeRabbit configuration options.
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Once you are ready to fine-tune the ways that CodeRabbit works with your repositories,
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we recommend adding a `coderabbit.yaml` file to each one. This file has several
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advantages over using only the Dashboard:
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We recommend adding a `coderabbit.yaml` file to repositories, as well. Using this file has several advantages over using only the web interface:
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- It applies version control to your repository's CodeRabbit settings.
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- It applies version control to your repository's CodeRabbit settings, letting you track changes, view configuration history, and revert to previous configurations as needed.
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- During code reviews, CodeRabbit loads the file along with rest of your repository. This means that you can include setting changes as part of a pull request, and CodeRabbit both analyzes and applies these settings during its review.
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- The file makes the repository's CodeRabbit settings transparent to all of the repository's contributors.
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Repository-level settings defined by a `coderabbit.yaml` take precedence over the
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settings defined for that repository in the Dashboard.
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settings defined for that repository or for your organization using the CodeRabbit web interface.
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For more information, see [Add a configuration file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/).
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If your repository contains a lot of data or other content that CodeRabbit
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doesn't need for code review context, then you can include _path filters_ in
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your repository configuration. For example, a filter of `!dist/**` tells CodeRabbit
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to disregard everything in your reposistory's top-level `dist` directory when
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to disregard everything in your repository's top-level `dist` directory when
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preparing a code review.
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Reducing the number of contextual files that CodeRabbit needs to read and analyze
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when preparing a code review can help make its code reviews faster.
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You can define path filters using the CodeRabbit
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web interface, or with [a configuration file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/).
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web interface, or with [a `coderabbit.yaml` file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/).
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### Trust the defaults {#defaults}
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tools](/tools) that are available to it during code reviews. This helps CodeRabbit keep its reviews broad and flexible.
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- **Knowledge base**: CodeRabbit [knowledge base](/integrations/knowledge-base/) features, including learnings and issue tracking, can require data retention. If your organization needs to meet stricter data-retention policies, then you can opt out of using these features.
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You can configure your use of the above features using the CodeRabbit web interface, or [a configuration file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/).
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You can configure your use of the above features using the CodeRabbit web interface, or [a `coderabbit.yaml` file](/getting-started/configure-coderabbit/).
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### Write specific CI/CD error messages {#pipeline}
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