yq/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/anchor-and-alias-operators.md

# Anchor and Alias Operators

Use the `alias` and `anchor` operators to read and write yaml aliases and anchors. The `explode` operator normalises a yaml file (dereference (or expands) aliases and remove anchor names).

`yq` supports merge aliases (like `<<: *blah`) however this is no longer in the standard yaml spec (1.2) and so `yq` will automatically add the `!!merge` tag to these nodes as it is effectively a custom tag.
Update document generation script 2021-11-03 04:00:58 +00:00			`# Anchor and Alias Operators`

Added "expand" to explode docs for searchability 2021-04-13 03:59:26 +00:00			Use the `alias` and `anchor` operators to read and write yaml aliases and anchors. The `explode` operator normalises a yaml file (dereference (or expands) aliases and remove anchor names).
Added alias operator; alias, anchor and explode ops are now all documented together 2020-12-22 01:22:59 +00:00
			`yq` supports merge aliases (like `<<: *blah`) however this is no longer in the standard yaml spec (1.2) and so `yq` will automatically add the `!!merge` tag to these nodes as it is effectively a custom tag.