ALE linting with ansible-lint for filetype=yaml.ansible

[gtk32]

Hello,

I am currently struggling with implementing the ALE plugin for VIM 9.1. Generally, I would like the ansible-linting suggestions to show up in my codebase as diagnostics. So far the yaml-lint is working with ALE, i.e. findings are shown in the gutter. This does not count for ansible-lint unfortunately. My :ALEInfo

Current Filetype: yaml.ansible

Available Linters: ['actionlint', 'circleci', 'gitlablint', 'yaml-language-server', 'spectral', 'swaglint', 'yamllint', 'yq', 'ansible_lint', 'language_server']

   Linter Aliases:

'yaml-language-server' -> ['yamlls']

'ansible_lint' -> ['ansible', 'ansible-lint']

'language_server' -> ['ansible_language_server', 'ansible-language-server']

  Enabled Linters: ['ansible_lint']

  Ignored Linters: []

 Suggested Fixers:

  'prettier' - Apply prettier to a file.

  'remove_trailing_lines' - Remove all blank lines at the end of a file.

  'trim_whitespace' - Remove all trailing whitespace characters at the end of every line.

  'yamlfix' - Fix YAML files with yamlfix.

  'yamlfmt' - Format YAML files with yamlfmt.

  'yq' - Fix YAML files with yq.

 

 Linter Variables:

" Press Space to read :help for a setting

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_auto_pipenv = 0

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_auto_poetry = 0

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_auto_uv = 0

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_change_directory = 1

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_executable = 'ansible-lint'

let g:ale_ansible_ansible_lint_options = '--nocolor --parseable'

let g:ale_ansible_language_server_config = {}

let g:ale_ansible_language_server_executable = 'ansible-language-server'

let g:ale_yaml_ls_config = {}

let g:ale_yaml_ls_executable = 'yaml-language-server'

let g:ale_yaml_ls_use_global = 0

 

 Global Variables:

" Press Space to read :help for a setting

let g:ale_cache_executable_check_failures = v:null

let g:ale_change_sign_column_color = v:false

let g:ale_command_wrapper = ''

let g:ale_completion_delay = v:null

let g:ale_completion_enabled = v:false

let g:ale_completion_max_suggestions = v:null

let g:ale_disable_lsp = 'auto'

let g:ale_echo_cursor = 1

let g:ale_echo_msg_error_str = 'Error'

let g:ale_echo_msg_format = '%code: %%s'

let g:ale_echo_msg_info_str = 'Info'

let g:ale_echo_msg_warning_str = 'Warning'

let g:ale_enabled = 1

let g:ale_fix_on_save = v:false

let g:ale_fixers = {}

let g:ale_history_enabled = v:true

let g:ale_info_default_mode = 'preview'

let g:ale_history_log_output = v:true

let g:ale_keep_list_window_open = 0

let g:ale_lint_delay = 200

let g:ale_lint_on_enter = v:true

let g:ale_lint_on_filetype_changed = v:true

let g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = v:true

let g:ale_lint_on_save = v:true

let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'normal'

let g:ale_linter_aliases = {}

let g:ale_linters = {'ansible': ['ansible-lint'], 'yaml.ansible': ['ansible-lint']}

let g:ale_linters_explicit = 1

let g:ale_linters_ignore = {}

let g:ale_list_vertical = v:false

let g:ale_list_window_size = 10

let g:ale_loclist_msg_format = '%code: %%s'

let g:ale_max_buffer_history_size = 20

let g:ale_max_signs = -1

let g:ale_maximum_file_size = v:null

let g:ale_open_list = 1

let g:ale_pattern_options = v:null

let g:ale_pattern_options_enabled = v:null

let g:ale_root = {}

let g:ale_set_balloons = v:false

let g:ale_set_highlights = 1

let g:ale_set_loclist = v:true

let g:ale_set_quickfix = v:false

let g:ale_set_signs = 1

let g:ale_sign_column_always = v:false

let g:ale_sign_error = 'E'

let g:ale_sign_info = 'I'

let g:ale_sign_offset = 1000000

let g:ale_sign_style_error = 'E'

let g:ale_sign_style_warning = 'W'

let g:ale_sign_warning = 'W'

let g:ale_sign_highlight_linenrs = v:false

let g:ale_type_map = {}

let g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api = v:false

let g:ale_use_global_executables = v:null

let g:ale_virtualtext_cursor = 'all'

let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_blank_lines = v:true

let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = v:true

 

  Command History:

(executable check - success) ansible-lint

(finished - exit code 0) ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'cd ''/home/geert/ansible/playbooks'' && ''ansible-lint'' --version']

<<<OUTPUT STARTS>>>

ansible-lint 25 using ansible-core:2.18.9 ansible-compat:25.8.1 ruamel-yaml:0.18.15 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.12

<<<OUTPUT ENDS>>>

(finished - exit code 2) ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'cd ''/home/geert/ansible/playbooks'' && ''ansible-lint'' --nocolor -p ''/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml''']

<<<OUTPUT STARTS>>>

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:11: command-instead-of-shell: Use shell only when shell functionality is required.

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:11: no-changed-when: Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing.

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:11:17: var-naming[no-reserved]: Variables names must not be Ansible reserved names. (now) (register: now)

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:15: name[missing][/]: All tasks should be named.

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:15: yaml[trailing-spaces]: Trailing spaces

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:16: yaml[trailing-spaces]: Trailing spaces

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:18: yaml[trailing-spaces]: Trailing spaces

/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml:19: yaml[trailing-spaces]: Trailing spaces

<<<OUTPUT ENDS>>>

As you see, ALE is detecting ansible-lint but for some reason it is not being incorporated in the vimgutter or diagnostics window.

ansible-lint --version
ansible-lint 25 using ansible-core:2.18.9 ansible-compat:25.8.1 ruamel-yaml:0.18.15 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.12

Does anybody has ansible-lint working with ALE and vim. For context: I use the pearofducks/ansible-vim plugin for correct filetype setting and syntax highlighting.

[rymdbar]

I am currently struggling with implementing the ALE plugin for VIM 9.1.

Did you get it working yet?

There's one linter in the enabled list:

  Enabled Linters: ['ansible_lint']

However the configuration suggests an attempt to use also a couple of ones:

let g:ale_ansible_language_server_executable = 'ansible-language-server'
let g:ale_yaml_ls_executable = 'yaml-language-server'

In other words, adding those to g:ale_linters might be desired?

Global Variables:
let g:ale_linters = {'ansible': ['ansible-lint'], 'yaml.ansible': ['ansible-lint']}

Examination output of tool looks reasonable enough to me. It might be interesting to note the version number to be 25, or rather 25.8.1, though. As well as the ansible version 2.18.9 appearing before the full tool version.

ansible-lint 25 using ansible-core:2.18.9 ansible-compat:25.8.1 ruamel-yaml:0.18.15 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.12

If looking at the source code, we learn that ale knows about <5.0.0, ≥5.0.0 and ≥6.0.0. The will be launched in different ways depending on version. Comparing the output below with the sources gives me the impression the version is understood as being <5.0.0, likely due to failure to parse the version string at all.

(finished - exit code 2) ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'cd ''/home/geert/ansible/playbooks'' && ''ansible-lint'' --nocolor -p ''/tmp/vcKvrrM/1/linting.yml''']

In other words, this is not about your comprehension, it seems you've actually stumbled upon a bug.

I would not be surprised if it picks up the version of ansible rather than the version of ansible-lint. I have however not attempted to verify that.

As you see, ALE is detecting ansible-lint but for some reason it is not being incorporated in the vimgutter or diagnostics window.

Do you think you could open an issue for this problem? Alternatively a pull-request if you could find a fix. The latter would of course be better.

A first step towards a solution could possibly be to call echom l:version_group from just under the detection I linked to, just to see if it's misdetecting the version number?

Does anybody has ansible-lint working with ALE and vim. For context: I use the pearofducks/ansible-vim plugin for correct filetype setting and syntax highlighting.

I used to have the ansible-language-server configured and working, but thank god I no longer need to have anything to do with ansible. It's a buggy bloody footgun, causing more problems than its solving imo.