vafile syntax (VS Code)

Syntax highlighting for vafile, the goals file for va — a CLI for your project.

Highlights:

• comments (# ... at column 0)
• recipe names and :: namespace separators
• parameters and the optional ? marker
• the : separator and dependency references after it
• {{name}} interpolation and $name / ${name} in recipe bodies

Applies to files named vafile (and anything matching *vafile, e.g. example-vafile) or with a .vafile extension.

Try it without installing

Open this folder in VS Code and press F5 ("Run Extension"). In the Extension Development Host that opens, open a vafile — it will be highlighted.

Install locally

Symlink (or copy) this folder into your VS Code extensions directory, then reload the window:

ln -s "$PWD" ~/.vscode/extensions/vafile-0.0.1

Package as a .vsix

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package

This is grammar-only — no runtime code, so there is nothing to compile.