Lint your configuration file

Ensuring the accuracy of your configuration is vital for the GO Feature Flag to function as expected. This is why you can lint your configuration file using the go-feature-flag-cli, a command line tool that allow to interact with GO Feature Flag in your terminal. The lint command validates whether a flag file can be parsed by GO Feature Flag.

tip

We recommend you to use this command line in your CI/CD pipelines to avoid any unforeseen issues.

Install the Command Line

Check the installation guide to install the go-feature-flag-cli.

Use the linter

./go-feature-flag-cli lint /input/my-go-feature-flag-config.goff.yaml --format=yaml

You have to pass the location of your configuration file and the format of your current configuration file (available formats are yaml, json, toml).

Use the linter in your CI (continuous integration)

You can run go-feature-flag-cli directly in your CI:

Github Action

name: "Build"
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]

jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Lint the config file
        uses: go-feature-flag/gofeatureflag-lint-action@v1
        with:
          flag-file: ./path/to/your/config.yaml
          format: yaml

CircleCi

version: 2.1
jobs:
  build:
    docker:
     - image: cimg/base:2022.05

    steps:
      - checkout
      - run: curl -L $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/thomaspoignant/go-feature-flag/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name|match("Linux_x86_64.tar.gz$")) | .browser_download_url' | grep 'go-feature-flag-cli') --output release.tar.gz && tar -zxvf release.tar.gz
      - run: ./go-feature-flag-cli lint flag-config.goff.yaml --format=yaml # please put the right file name

Gitlab

image: ubuntu
lint-job:
  stage: build

  before_script:
    - apt-get -qq update
    - apt-get install -y jq curl

  script:
    - curl -L $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/thomaspoignant/go-feature-flag/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name|match("Linux_x86_64.tar.gz$")) | .browser_download_url' | grep 'go-feature-flag-cli') --output release.tar.gz && tar -zxvf release.tar.gz
    - ./go-feature-flag-cli lint flag-config.goff.yaml --format=yaml # please put the right file name