Remove js-yaml dependency from badge generator, use regex-based parsing

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Problem

The scripts/generate-status-badges.js script was importing js-yaml to parse workflow lock files and extract the name field. However, this dependency was not installed in the project, causing the script to fail when executed:

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'js-yaml' imported from /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw/scripts/generate-status-badges.js

See: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/18710130246/job/53356355485#step:5:1

Solution

Replaced the js-yaml dependency with a simple regex-based parser that extracts the name: field directly from the YAML content. Since the badge generator only needs to read a single field from each workflow file, a full YAML parser is unnecessary overhead.

Implementation

The new approach uses a regex pattern to match the workflow name:

/^name:\s*["']?([^"'\n]+?)["']?\s*$/m

This pattern:

• Matches name: at the start of a line
• Handles quoted (single/double) and unquoted values
• Ensures single-line values (no embedded newlines)
• Works with all 42 workflow lock files in the repository

Before:

import yaml from 'js-yaml';

const workflow = yaml.load(content);
if (!workflow || !workflow.name) {
  return null;
}
return { name: workflow.name, ... };

After:

const nameMatch = content.match(/^name:\s*["']?([^"'\n]+?)["']?\s*$/m);
if (!nameMatch) {
  return null;
}
return { name: nameMatch[1].trim(), ... };

Benefits

• ✅ Removes external dependency on js-yaml
• ✅ Simpler, lighter-weight solution
• ✅ Same functionality and output
• ✅ Successfully parses all 42 workflow lock files
• ✅ All tests pass

Testing

Verified the script works correctly:

• Successfully generates badges for all 42 workflows
• Output format is identical to the previous version
• All unit and integration tests pass
• Linting passes

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Original prompt

Remove js-yml dependency in badge generator, use basic string parse + regex strategy.

See run https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/18710130246/job/53356355485#step:5:1

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