Development Setup

Requires Go 1.26+ installed.

Build from source

macOS

CGO_ENABLED=0 \
GOOS=darwin \
GOARCH=arm64 \
go build \
-ldflags='-w -s -extldflags "-static"' \
-tags netgo \
-o validator \
cmd/validator/validator.go

For Intel Macs, use GOARCH=amd64.

Install:

cp ./validator /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/validator

Linux

CGO_ENABLED=0 \
GOOS=linux \
GOARCH=amd64 \
go build \
-ldflags='-w -s -extldflags "-static"' \
-tags netgo \
-o validator \
cmd/validator/validator.go

Install:

cp ./validator /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/validator

Windows

$env:CGO_ENABLED = '0'
$env:GOOS = 'windows'
$env:GOARCH = 'amd64'
go build `
  -ldflags='-w -s -extldflags "-static"' `
  -tags netgo `
  -o validator.exe `
  cmd/validator/validator.go

Install to Local App Data:

$install = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'Programs\validator'
New-Item -Path $install -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
Copy-Item -Path .\validator.exe -Destination $install -Force

Run tests

go test ./...

Docker build

docker build . -t config-file-validator:latest

Run against a local directory:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/work" config-file-validator:latest /work