Added xml acceptance tests

acceptance_tests/inputs-format.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+setUp() {
+  rm test*.yml || true
+}
+
+testInputXml() {
+  cat >test.yml <<EOL
+<cat legs="4">BiBi</cat>
+EOL
+
+  read -r -d '' expected << EOM
+cat:
+  +content: BiBi
+  +legs: "4"
+EOM
+
+  X=$(./yq e -p=xml test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+
+  X=$(./yq ea -p=xml test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+}
+
+source ./scripts/shunit2

acceptance_tests/output-format.sh

@@ -102,4 +102,44 @@ EOM
   assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
 }
 
+testOutputXml() {
+  cat >test.yml <<EOL
+a: {b: {c: ["cat"]}}
+EOL
+
+  read -r -d '' expected << EOM
+<a>
+  <b>
+    <c>cat</c>
+  </b>
+</a>
+EOM
+
+  X=$(./yq e --output-format=xml test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+
+  X=$(./yq ea --output-format=xml test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+}
+
+testOutputXmlShort() {
+  cat >test.yml <<EOL
+a: {b: {c: ["cat"]}}
+EOL
+
+  read -r -d '' expected << EOM
+<a>
+  <b>
+    <c>cat</c>
+  </b>
+</a>
+EOM
+
+  X=$(./yq e --output-format=x test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+
+  X=$(./yq ea --output-format=x test.yml)
+  assertEquals "$expected" "$X"
+}
+
 source ./scripts/shunit2

cmd/root.go

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ See https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/ for detailed documentation and examples.`,
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output-format", "o", "yaml", "[yaml|y|json|j|props|p] output format type.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output-format", "o", "yaml", "[yaml|y|json|j|props|p|xml|x] output format type.")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&inputFormat, "input-format", "p", "yaml", "[yaml|y|xml|x] input format type.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&inputFormat, "input-format", "p", "yaml", "[yaml|y|xml|x] input format type. Note that json is a subset of yaml.")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&xmlAttributePrefix, "xml-attribute-prefix", "+", "prefix for xml attributes")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&xmlContentName, "xml-content-name", "+content", "name for xml content (if no attribute name is present).")