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Included rules

Reviews are nothing without some rules or standards against which to review. ansible-later comes with a couple of built-in checks explained in the following table.

Rule	ID	Description	Parameter
CheckYamlEmptyLines	LINT0001	YAML should not contain unnecessarily empty lines.	{max: 1, max-start: 0, max-end: 1}
CheckYamlIndent	LINT0002	YAML should be correctly indented.	{spaces: 2, check-multi-line-strings: false, indent-sequences: true}
CheckYamlHyphens	LINT0003	YAML should use consistent number of spaces after hyphens (-).	{max-spaces-after: 1}
CheckYamlDocumentStart	LINT0004	YAML should contain document start marker.	{document-start: {present: true}}
CheckYamlColons	LINT0005	YAML should use consistent number of spaces around colons.	{colons: {max-spaces-before: 0, max-spaces-after: 1}}
CheckYamlFile	LINT0006	Roles file should be in YAML format.
CheckYamlHasContent	LINT0007	Files should contain useful content.
CheckNativeYaml	LINT0008	Use YAML format for tasks and handlers rather than key=value.
CheckYamlDocumentEnd	LINT0009	YAML should contain document end marker.	{document-end: {present: true}}
CheckLineBetweenTasks	ANSIBLE0001	Single tasks should be separated by an empty line.
CheckMetaMain	ANSIBLE0002	Meta file should contain a basic subset of parameters.	author, description, min_ansible_version, platforms, dependencies
CheckUniqueNamedTask	ANSIBLE0003	Tasks and handlers must be uniquely named within a file.
CheckBraces	ANSIBLE0004	YAML should use consistent number of spaces around variables.	{double-braces: max-spaces-inside: 1, min-spaces-inside: 1}
CheckScmInSrc	ANSIBLE0005	Use SCM key rather than src: scm+url in requirements file.
CheckNamedTask	ANSIBLE0006	Tasks and handlers must be named.	excludes: meta, debug, include_*, import_*, block
CheckNameFormat	ANSIBLE0007	Name of tasks and handlers must be formatted.	formats: first letter capital
CheckCommandInsteadofModule	ANSIBLE0008	Commands should not be used in place of modules.
CheckInstallUseLatest	ANSIBLE0009	Package managers should not install with state=latest.
CheckShellInsteadCommand	ANSIBLE0010	Use Shell only when piping, redirecting or chaining commands.
CheckCommandHasChanges	ANSIBLE0011	Commands should be idempotent and only used with some checks.
CheckCompareToEmptyString	ANSIBLE0012	Don't compare to "" - use when: var or when: not var.
CheckCompareToLiteralBool	ANSIBLE0013	Don't compare to True/False - use when: var or when: not var.
CheckLiteralBoolFormat	ANSIBLE0014	Literal bools should be consistent.	{literal-bools: [True, False, yes, no]}
CheckBecomeUser	ANSIBLE0015	Become should be combined with become_user.
CheckFilterSeparation	ANSIBLE0016	Jinja2 filters should be separated with spaces.
CheckCommandInsteadOfArgument	ANSIBLE0017	Commands should not be used in place of module arguments.
CheckFilePermissionMissing	ANSIBLE0018	File permissions unset or incorrect.
CheckFilePermissionOctal	ANSIBLE0019	Octal file permissions must contain leading zero or be a string.
CheckGitHasVersion	ANSIBLE0020	Git checkouts should use explicit version.
CheckMetaChangeFromDefault	ANSIBLE0021	Roles meta/main.yml default values should be changed.
CheckWhenFormat	ANSIBLE0022	Don't use Jinja2 in when.
CheckNestedJinja	ANSIBLE0023	Don't use nested Jinja2 pattern.
CheckLocalAction	ANSIBLE0024	Don't use local_action.
CheckRelativeRolePaths	ANSIBLE0025	Don't use a relative path in a role.
CheckChangedInWhen	ANSIBLE0026	Use handlers instead of when: changed.