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Advanced YAML Tools

Advanced YAML Tools

Alexey Sobolenko

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VS Code extension for navigating YAML parameters and environment variables
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YAML Tools

VS Code extension for navigating YAML parameters and environment variables across project files.

Features

  • Jump to %my_param% declarations in other YAML files.
  • Follow imported YAML files declared through the imports: directive.
  • Navigate to environment variable declarations for:
    • %env(APP_ENV)%
    • %env(string:APP_ENV)%
    • ${APP_ENV} (Docker Compose style)
  • Prioritize .env.local over .env.

Usage

  1. Open a YAML file.
  2. Ctrl+Click or press F12 on a %var% or ${VAR} reference.
  3. You will be taken to its declaration.

Notes

  • YAML indexing is currently limited to files matching **/config/**/*.{yml,yaml}.
  • .env and .env.local are parsed automatically from the workspace root.
  • Duplicate keys in YAML may trigger a warning and skip parsing for that file.
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