GoLiquid YAML

Syntax highlighting, block validation, bracket matching, code folding, and Outline navigation for Go template ({{ }}) and Liquid template ({% %}) expressions inside YAML files.

Built for YAML files that embed template logic — Helm charts, Jekyll configs, Shopify themes, and any YAML with Go/Liquid templating.

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Bracket Matching & Block Highlighting

Features

Syntax Highlighting

• Go template — {{ .Name }}, {{- if ... }}, {{ range }}, {{ end }}, {{ toYaml }}
• Liquid template — {% for %}, {% assign %}, {% if %}, {% endif %}, {% raw %}, {% endraw %}
• YAML in block scalars — keys, values, booleans, numbers, strings, and list items inside | multi-line blocks

Block Validation (Linter)

Detects unclosed or mismatched template blocks and reports them as warnings in the Problems panel:

• Unclosed {%- if %} — missing {%- endif %}
• Unexpected {{ end }} — no matching opening block
• Covers all pairs: if/endif, for/endfor, raw/endraw, comment/endcomment, capture/endcapture, unless/endunless, case/endcase, tablerow/endtablerow, block/endblock
• Go templates: if, range, with, define, block → end

Bracket Matching

Click on any template open/close tag and the matching pair gets highlighted:

• {%- if ... %} ↔ {%- endif %}
• {{ range ... }} ↔ {{ end }}
• Works for all Go and Liquid block pairs

Code Folding

Collapse template blocks to focus on the logic that matters:

• Fold {%- if %}...{%- endif %} blocks
• Fold {{ range }}...{{ end }} blocks
• Works for all nested block pairs

Outline Navigation

Key sections appear in the Outline panel (sidebar) for quick navigation in large YAML files.

What Gets Highlighted

Go Templates ({{ }})

Liquid Templates ({% %})

Use Cases

• Helm charts — YAML with Go template directives
• Infrastructure-as-code templates — mixed Go + Liquid templates in YAML
• Jekyll / Shopify configs — YAML with Liquid expressions
• Any YAML with embedded {{ }} or {% %} template syntax

Installation

Search "GoLiquid YAML" in the VS Code / Cursor extensions sidebar, or:

code --install-extension ajinzrathod.goliquid-yaml

How It Works

• Syntax highlighting: TextMate grammar injection (injectTo: source.yaml) layers template patterns on top of standard YAML
• Validation, folding, bracket matching, outline: TypeScript extension using the VS Code API — activated on any YAML file

License

MIT