Bash Validator

A Bash script for validating .gitinfo files.

Requirements

• Bash 4+
• jq (JSON processor)

Install jq:

# Debian/Ubuntu
apt install jq

# macOS
brew install jq

# Windows (via Chocolatey)
choco install jq

Usage

# Make executable (first time only)
chmod +x validate.sh

# Validate .gitinfo in current directory
./validate.sh

# Validate a specific file
./validate.sh path/to/.gitinfo

Features

• Parses JSONC (strips // and /* */ comments)
• Validates against the gitinfo JSON Schema
• Checks types and formats (URI, email)
• Enforces additionalProperties: false
• Returns exit code 0 on success, 1 on failure
• Color-coded output (green for success, red for errors)

Example Output

✓ .gitinfo is valid

Validation failed for .gitinfo:
  - .root: invalid URI "not-a-url"
  - root: unknown property "invalid_field"

Limitations

• Comment stripping is simplified and may not handle edge cases with comments inside strings
• For complex validation, consider using the Node.js validator