Grand Opinionated AutoTester (GOAT)

The Grand Opinionated AutoTester (GOAT) automatically applies Seiso's policy as code. This project is designed to be easier to understand and more opinionated than other open source multi-linter projects, and easily extended to enforce Seiso policies programmatically.

Getting Started

1. Create a per-repository dictionary (relative to the root of your Git repository).

   mkdir -p .github/etc/
   touch .github/etc/dictionary.txt
   

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2. Ensure your code is checked out during the GitHub Action.

   uses: actions/checkout@v4
   

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3. Add the goat to your GitHub Actions workflows.

   uses: seisollc/goat@main
   

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Example

To run the goat on each PR against main, create the following file as .github/workflows/pr.yml:

For example, you could use the following to run the goat on each PR against main:

---
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: Ubuntu-20.04
    name: Test the project
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - uses: seisollc/goat@main

Customizations

1. Populate the custom dictionary file in .github/etc/dictionary.txt for any repository-specific language.

   $ cat << EOF >> .github/etc/dictionary.txt
   capricornis
   crispus
   EOF
   

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2. Configure the goat to skip mypy scanning.

   uses: seisollc/goat@main
   with:
     disable_mypy: true
   

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3. Exclude a file extension.

   uses: seisollc/goat@main
   with:
     exclude: \.md$
   

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4. Exclude a list of files.

   uses: seisollc/goat@main
   with:
     exclude: ^.*/(Dockerfile|Dockerfile\.dev)$
   

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5. Provide a linting configuration for any of the supported linters in the .github/linters/ directory of your repository.

   $ mkdir -p .github/linters/
   $ cat << EOF >> .github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml
   ---
   MD013:
     line_length: 120
   EOF
   

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6. Autofix code formatting errors using those linters with a built-in fix option. Note, this is enabled by default when running locally and can create a dirty Git directory. You will need to manage committing and pushing any changes.

   uses: seisollc/goat@main
   with:
     auto_fix: false
   

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Supported Linters

• actionlint
• black
• cfn-lint
• cspell
• dockerfile_lint
• hadolint
• jscpd
• kubeconform
• markdown-link-check
• markdownlint
• mypy
• ruff
• shellcheck
• textlint
• yamllint

Supported Pipelines

• GitHub Actions
• Bitbucket Pipelines

Debugging

To debug an issue with the goat, configure the log level to either ERROR, WARN, INFO, or DEBUG.

uses: seisollc/goat@main
with:
  log_level: DEBUG

Releases

The goat project does not do releases, as it is intended as a minimum expectation that evolves over time. Please refer to main or, in limited situations, pin to the commit hash tag that is published with each commit.

GOAT Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md