{
  "slug": "yq-compact-sequence-indentation-flag-c93ceff36c6d",
  "title": "yq compact sequence indentation flag",
  "tools": [
    "yq"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-01-31T04:21:30.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-31T04:21:30.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When formatting YAML output, add `--yaml-compact-seq-indent` (or `-c`) to `yq` so `- ` is counted as part of the indentation.",
    "examples": [
      "yq --yaml-compact-seq-indent '<expression>' <file.yaml>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v4.52.1",
      "--yaml-compact-seq-indent / -c: Boolean flag; enables compact sequence indentation, where `- ` is considered part of the indentation."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Format YAML output with compact sequence indentation when preparing repository data.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/tag/v4.52.1",
    "https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/blob/v4.52.1/cmd/root.go"
  ],
  "rank": 0.90019,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-c0bbd115e4ce8dce-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "a2ee1f53297f6d19038cde935d4b9b3b4c57a6c03f6e872f1ac7679eb1ac96da"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "1298945ea8fcbd45782a11eb5ad0c17259bd39195fc62b1b331cc21365988012",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.90 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.76 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}