travis-lint, how to check your .travis.yml file

If you are a developer probably you already know the travis-ci.org continuous integration service and this kind of image status:

Adding CI support to your software hosted on github.com is very easy:

1. add a file named .travis.yml to your repository, it's a YAML configuration file
2. got to travis-ci and enable CI for your repo

You you need more details check the official documentation: this blog post is not focused on how to enable travis or what is CI.

The question is: how you can check the .travis.yml syntax? And deprecations or possible issues without having to lose time with failed builds?
The answer is travis-lint.

travis-lint

travis-lint is a tool that check your .travis.yml for possible issues, deprecations and so on. It's recommended for all travis-ci.org users.

How to install travis-lint

If you have already installed the gem utility it requires you just one command:

gem install travis-lint

travis-lint online

Too lazy for locally installing travis-lint? Go to the Travis WebLint service:

• http://lint.travis-ci.org/

More links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_CI
• https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-lint
• http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/travis-lint/
• https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-travis