Disable yaml aliases for generateschema

rest_framework/renderers.py

@@ -1053,7 +1053,11 @@ def __init__(self):
         assert yaml, 'Using OpenAPIRenderer, but `pyyaml` is not installed.'
 
     def render(self, data, media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
-        return yaml.dump(data, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False).encode('utf-8')
+        # disable yaml advanced feature 'alias' for clean, portable, and readable output
+        class Dumper(yaml.Dumper):
+            def ignore_aliases(self, data):
+                return True
+        return yaml.dump(data, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False, Dumper=Dumper).encode('utf-8')
 
 
 class JSONOpenAPIRenderer(BaseRenderer):

tests/schemas/test_openapi.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from rest_framework import filters, generics, pagination, routers, serializers
 from rest_framework.compat import uritemplate
 from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser, MultiPartParser
-from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
+from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer, OpenAPIRenderer
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.schemas.openapi import AutoSchema, SchemaGenerator
 
@@ -434,6 +434,19 @@ class View(generics.CreateAPIView):
         assert len(success_response['content'].keys()) == 1
         assert 'application/json' in success_response['content']
 
+    def test_openapi_yaml_rendering_without_aliases(self):
+        renderer = OpenAPIRenderer()
+
+        reused_object = {'test': 'test'}
+        data = {
+            'o1': reused_object,
+            'o2': reused_object,
+        }
+        assert (
+            renderer.render(data) == b'o1:\n  test: test\no2:\n  test: test\n' or
+            renderer.render(data) == b'o2:\n  test: test\no1:\n  test: test\n'  # py <= 3.5
+        )
+
     def test_serializer_filefield(self):
         path = '/{id}/'
         method = 'POST'