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October 19, 2024 17:06
Adding a new workflow to lint GitHub Actions workflow files. This workflow ensures that any YAML files in the .github/workflows directory are checked for syntax and formatting issues using yamllint, and GitHub Actions-specific errors are caught using actionlint. This will help prevent issues related to incorrect workflows during pull requests. Link to tracking issue Fixes open-telemetry#9676 Testing Tested by opening a pull request that modifies a workflow file to ensure that the linting workflow triggers and validates the changes correctly. Documentation No new documentation added, as this change is self-explanatory within the context of CI.
- Update the `Lint Workflow Files` job to ensure that all `.yml` files in `.github/workflows` are checked, even if errors are encountered. - Use `yamllint` for general YAML syntax checks and `actionlint` for GitHub Actions-specific linting. - Implement `continue-on-error` to prevent the workflow from failing prematurely, ensuring all workflow files are validated during pull requests. - Allows better error reporting while ensuring full validation coverage.
- Implemented an echo statement in the `yamllint` step to log a message when YAML linting errors are detected: "YAML lint errors detected, please fix all issues before merging." - Added a dedicated reminder step to ensure contributors see a message to address all linting errors before merging the pull request. This change aims to improve code quality by encouraging contributors to resolve all issues identified during the linting process.
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yamllintfor general YAML syntax and formatting checks.actionlintfor GitHub Actions-specific linting.Description
Adding a new workflow to lint GitHub Actions workflow files. This workflow ensures that any YAML files in the .github/workflows directory are checked for syntax and formatting issues using yamllint, and GitHub Actions-specific errors are caught using actionlint. This will help prevent issues related to incorrect workflows during pull requests.
Link to tracking issue
Testing
Tested by opening a pull request that modifies a workflow file to ensure that the linting workflow triggers and validates the changes correctly.
Documentation
No new documentation added, as this change is self-explanatory within the context of CI.