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Add comment to a YAML property

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.yaml.AddCommentToPropertyArtifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-yaml

Add a comment to a YAML property. The comment will be added on the line before the property.

Single recipeApache 2.0

Add to your build

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~/.gradle/gradle.properties

codeGenomeUsername=you@example.com
codeGenomeToken=YOUR_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN

build.gradle.kts

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("latest.release")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.yaml.AddCommentToProperty")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url = uri("https://artifacts.codegenomeproject.org/maven")
        credentials {
            username = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeUsername").get()
            password = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeToken").get()
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    rewrite("org.openrewrite:rewrite-yaml:8.92.8")
}

Then run

./gradlew rewriteRun

This recipe has required options, which a build sets in a rewrite.yml recipe that you activate instead.

Usage

You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.yaml.AddCommentToProperty --recipe-option "propertyKey=management.metrics.binders.*.enabled" --recipe-option "comment=This property is deprecated"

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-yaml:RELEASE

Options

NameTypeDescription
propertyKeyrequiredStringThe property key to add a comment to. Supports glob patterns.
e.g. management.metrics.binders.*.enabled
commentrequiredStringThe comment to add to the property.
e.g. This property is deprecated
relaxedBindingBooleanWhether to match the propertyKey using relaxed binding rules. Defaults to true. If you want to use exact matching in your search, set this to false.
filePatternStringA glob expression representing a file path to search for (relative to the project root). Blank/null matches all.
e.g. .github/workflows/*.yml

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  • Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
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  • Source files that errored on a recipeThe details of all errors produced by a recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
  • Recipe performanceStatistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats