Extend yamllint hook with more options

modules/hooks.nix

@@ -1227,19 +1227,53 @@ in
       };
       yamllint =
         {
-          relaxed = mkOption {
-            type = types.bool;
-            description = lib.mdDoc "Whether to use the relaxed configuration.";
-            default = false;
-          };
+          # `list-files` is not useful for a pre-commit hook as it always exits with exit code 0
+          # `no-warnings` is not useful for a pre-commit hook as it exits with exit code 2 and the hook
+          # therefore fails when warnings level problems are detected but there is no output
+          configuration = mkOption {
+            type = types.str;
+            description = lib.mdDoc "Multiline-string configuration passed as config file. If set, configuration file set in `yamllint.settings.configPath` gets ignored.";
+            default = "";
+            example = ''
+              ---
+
+              extends: relaxed
 
+              rules:
+                indentation: enable
+            '';
+          };
+          configData = mkOption {
+            type = types.str;
+            description = lib.mdDoc "Serialized YAML object describing the configuration.";
+            default = "";
+            example = "{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: {max: 120}}}";
+          };
           configPath = mkOption {
             type = types.str;
-            description = lib.mdDoc "Path to the YAML configuration file.";
-            # an empty string translates to use default configuration of the
-            # underlying yamllint binary
+            description = lib.mdDoc "Path to a custom configuration file.";
+            # An empty string translates to yamllint looking for a configuration file in the
+            # following locations (by order of preference):
+            # a file named .yamllint, .yamllint.yaml or .yamllint.yml in the current working directory
+            # a filename referenced by $YAMLLINT_CONFIG_FILE, if set
+            # a file named $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/yamllint/config or ~/.config/yamllint/config, if present
             default = "";
           };
+          format = mkOption {
+            type = types.enum [ "parsable" "standard" "colored" "github" "auto" ];
+            description = lib.mdDoc "Format for parsing output.";
+            default = "auto";
+          };
+          preset = mkOption {
+            type = types.enum [ "default" "relaxed" ];
+            description = lib.mdDoc "The configuration preset to use.";
+            default = "default";
+          };
+          strict = mkOption {
+            type = types.bool;
+            description = lib.mdDoc "Return non-zero exit code on warnings as well as errors.";
+            default = true;
+          };
         };
     };
 
@@ -2512,15 +2546,22 @@ in
       yamllint =
         {
           name = "yamllint";
-          description = "Yaml linter.";
+          description = "A linter for YAML files.";
           types = [ "file" "yaml" ];
           entry =
             let
+              configFile = builtins.toFile "yamllint.yaml" "${settings.yamllint.configuration}";
               cmdArgs =
-                mkCmdArgs [
-                  [ (settings.yamllint.relaxed) "-d relaxed" ]
-                  [ (settings.yamllint.configPath != "") "-c ${settings.yamllint.configPath}" ]
-                ];
+                mkCmdArgs
+                  (with settings.yamllint; [
+                    # Priorize multiline configuration over serialized configuration and configuration file
+                    [ (configuration != "") "--config-file ${configFile}" ]
+                    [ (configData != "" && configuration == "") "--config-data \"${configData}\"" ]
+                    [ (configPath != "" && configData == "" && configuration == "" && preset == "default") "--config-file ${configPath}" ]
+                    [ (format != "auto") "--format ${format}" ]
+                    [ (preset != "default" && configuration == "") "--config-data ${preset}" ]
+                    [ strict "--strict" ]
+                  ]);
             in
             "${tools.yamllint}/bin/yamllint ${cmdArgs}";
         };
@@ -2531,6 +2572,5 @@ in
           entry = "${tools.zprint}/bin/zprint '{:search-config? true}' -w";
           types_or = [ "clojure" "clojurescript" "edn" ];
         };
-
     };
 }