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| author | Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com> | 2016-11-18 15:59:55 -0800 |
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| committer | Anish Athalye <me@anishathalye.com> | 2016-11-18 23:27:54 -0600 |
| commit | 54346fa942945a90128e1b58310cdad43054f286 (patch) | |
| tree | 3113f994a74ec702dab2a0cb181b8e385c8edc36 /README.md | |
| parent | b482cbda585848c0d5f5345711fe338e319c0adf (diff) | |
Mention in readme that ~ is null in YAML
This is a weird YAML gotcha, and it seems worth mentioning in the readme
since Dotbot users are likely to run into it.
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@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ do not have a defined ordering. When writing nested constructs, keep in mind that YAML is whitespace-sensitive. Following the formatting used in the examples is a good idea. +Also, note that `~` in YAML is the same as `null` in JSON. If you want a single +character string containing a tilde, make sure to enclose it in quotes: `'~'` + ### Link Link commands specify how files and directories should be symbolically linked. |