Not processing YAML before sending for validation

[JonathanWolfe]

I was getting some strange errors from my .gitlab-ci.yml about how "Property << is not allowed" when I realized that for validation the plugin is sending the raw document for validation, not the processed document (allowing for merges and such to be done).

Example that incorrectly throws validation errors:

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Templates
#----------------------------------------------------------------
.node-modules-cache: &node-modules-cache
    cache:
        key: $CI_PROJECT_NAME
        paths:
            - nodejs/node_modules
            - nodejs/{auth,dms,kpis}/node_modules # sub-project node_modules

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Validate
#----------------------------------------------------------------
nodejs-tests:
    <<: *node-modules-cache
    stage: validate
    script:
        - cd nodejs
        - npm install
        - npm run test:coverage
    artifacts:
        expire_in: 1 day
        paths:
            - nodejs/coverage

[nfriend]

@JonathanWolfe This isn't a real solution, but I found renaming the file from .gitlab-ci.yml > .gitlab-ci.yaml fixed this issue. So it seems that this extension is treating these extensions differently. I'll try and find an existing issue or create a new one and link it here.

Scratch that, changing the file name is actually just removing the schema validation altogether and treating the file as a generic .yml file. I think this is the core issue: redhat-developer/yaml-language-server#180.

[JPinkney]

This should be fixed in 0.7.0!

[FelixBenning]

.ssh-script: &ssh-script
  before_script:
    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq ssh
    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
    - echo "${SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
    - echo "${HOST_PUBLIC_SSH_KEY}" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
    - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts

.ssh-dev-config: &ssh-dev-config
  image: ubuntu:latest
  variables: 
    HOST: ${DEV_SERVER_URL}
    HOST_PUBLIC_SSH_KEY: ${DEV_SERVER_SSH_ITS_PUBLIC_KEY}
    SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${DEV_SERVER_SSH_MY_PRIVATE_KEY}
  << : *ssh-script

Still getting the error Property << is not allowed with version 0.9.1

EDIT: now that I got this running I noticed: the environment variables of type file get converted to normal environment variables if redefined this way. So I had to change cat to echo. I should probably ask around whether that is a security risk. (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/30775)