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YAML Lint

v3.0.0

YAML Lint

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YAML Lint

Validate YAML syntax

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: YAML Lint

uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3.0.0

Learn more about this action in ibiqlik/action-yamllint

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GitHub YAMLlint

This action executes yamllint (https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint) against file(s) or folder

Usage

Simple as:

- uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3

Optional parameters

  • config_file - Path to custom configuration
  • config_data - Custom configuration (as YAML source)
  • file_or_dir - Enter file/folder (space separated), wildcards accepted. Examples:
    • . - run against all yaml files in a directory recursively (default)
    • file1.yaml
    • file1.yaml file2.yaml
    • kustomize/**/*.yaml mychart/*values.yaml
  • format - Format for parsing output [parsable,standard,colored,github,auto] (default: github)
  • strict - Return non-zero exit code on warnings as well as errors [true,false] (default: false)

Note: If .yamllint configuration file exists in your root folder, yamllint will automatically use it.

Example usage in workflow

name: Yaml Lint
on: [push]
jobs:
  lintAllTheThings:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: yaml-lint
      uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3
      with:
        file_or_dir: myfolder/*values*.yaml
        config_file: .yamllint.yml

Or just simply check all yaml files in the repository:

name: Yaml Lint
on: [push]
jobs:
  lintAllTheThings:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: yaml-lint
      uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3

Config data examples:

# Single line
config_data: "{extends: default, rules: {new-line-at-end-of-file: disable}}"
# Multi line
config_data: |
  extends: default
  rules:
    new-line-at-end-of-file:
      level: warning
    trailing-spaces:
      level: warning