Draft: Playing with local linting

.github/workflows/linter.yaml

@@ -28,14 +28,3 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # setting this to false means that only changed files will be scanned in each commit
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          # Enable Linters to run
-          VALIDATE_GITHUB_ACTIONS: true
-          # VALIDATE_GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT: true
-          JAVA_FILE_NAME: ../../contrib/checkstyle.xml
-          VALIDATE_DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT: true
-          DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME: ../../contrib/docker/.hadolint.yaml
-          # VALIDATE_MARKDOWN: true
-          VALIDATE_XML: true
-          VALIDATE_YAML: true
-          FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: .*contrib/helm.*
-          GITHUB_COMMENT_REPORTER: false

.mega-linter.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Configuration file for MegaLinter
+# See all available variables at https://megalinter.io/configuration/ and in linters documentation
+
+APPLY_FIXES: all
+# ENABLE: # If you use ENABLE variable, all other languages/formats/tooling formats will be disabled by default
+# ENABLE_LINTERS: # If you use ENABLE_LINTERS variable, all other linters will be disabled by default
+ENABLE:
+  - COPYPASTE
+  - SPELL
+  - ACTION
+  - DOCKERFILE
+  - XML
+  - YAML
+ENABLE_LINTERS:
+  - JSON_PRETTIER
+  - REPOSITORY_GITLEAKS
+  - DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT
+  - XML_XMLLINT
+  - YAML_PRETTIER
+  - YAML_YAMLLINT
+  - SPELL_CSPELL
+  - ACTION_ACTIONLINT
+  - KUBERNETES_HELM
+PRINT_ALL_FILES: false
+DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME: ../../contrib/docker/.hadolint.yaml
+FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: .*contrib/helm.*
+MARKDOWN_MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK_DISABLE_ERRORS: true
+SHOW_ELAPSED_TIME: true
+FLAVOR_SUGGESTIONS: false
+EMAIL_REPORTER: false
+FILEIO_REPORTER: false
+JSON_REPORTER: true
+GITHUB_STATUS_REPORTER: false
+GITHUB_COMMENT_REPORTER: false

DEVELOPING.md

@@ -293,6 +293,16 @@ additional things to consider when developing:
 * If you fix a bug, add a test.
 * If you answer a question, add some documentation.
 
+### Local Mega Linter validation and auto fix
+The project leverages [MegaLinter](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/megalinter) as a GitHub action to run across 
+changed files in PR's and the entire codebase on merge. To run the same linting rule set local following the following steps.
+Instructions are derived from [MegaLinter Runner Documentation](https://megalinter.io/latest/mega-linter-runner/)
+
+1) Install [Node Package Manager (NPM)](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
+2) Install mega-linter-runner for current users `npm install mega-linter-runner --save-dev`
+3) Run MegaLinter from project root using project configuration `mega-linter-runner .mega-linter.yml .`
+* To have MegaLinter attempt to fix errors add the `--fix` option to the command: `mega-linter-runner .mega-linter.yml --fix .`
+
 ## Helpful Commands
 
 ### Cleaning