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How do you do block comments in YAML?

August 28, 2022 by Tarik

YAML supports inline comments, but does not support block comments. From Wikipedia: Comments begin with the number sign ( # ), can start anywhere on a line, and continue until the end of the line A comparison with JSON, also from Wikipedia: The syntax differences are subtle and seldom arise in practice: JSON allows extended … Read more

How do I break a string in YAML over multiple lines?

August 26, 2022 by Tarik

There are 5 6 NINE (or 63*, depending how you count) different ways to write multi-line strings in YAML. TL;DR Use > most of the time: interior line breaks are stripped out, although you get one at the end: key: > Your long string here. Use | if you want those linebreaks to be preserved … Read more