Refactoring Yaml encoder prefs

cmd/utils.go

@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 		unwrapScalar = unwrapScalarFlag.IsSet()
 	}
 
-	//copy preference form global setting
-	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.UnwrapScalar = unwrapScalar
-
-	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.PrintDocSeparators = !noDocSeparators
-
 	return expression, args, nil
 }
 
@@ -184,8 +179,15 @@ func configureEncoder() (yqlib.Encoder, error) {
 
 func createEncoder(format *yqlib.PrinterOutputFormat) (yqlib.Encoder, error) {
 	yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences.Indent = indent
+	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.Indent = indent
+
+	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.UnwrapScalar = unwrapScalar
 	yqlib.ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.UnwrapScalar = unwrapScalar
 
+	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.ColorsEnabled = colorsEnabled
+
+	yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.PrintDocSeparators = !noDocSeparators
+
 	switch format {
 	case yqlib.JSONOutputFormat:
 		return yqlib.NewJSONEncoder(indent, colorsEnabled, unwrapScalar), nil
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ func createEncoder(format *yqlib.PrinterOutputFormat) (yqlib.Encoder, error) {
 	case yqlib.TSVOutputFormat:
 		return yqlib.NewCsvEncoder(yqlib.ConfiguredTsvPreferences), nil
 	case yqlib.YamlOutputFormat:
-		return yqlib.NewYamlEncoder(indent, colorsEnabled, yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences), nil
+		return yqlib.NewYamlEncoder(yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences), nil
 	case yqlib.XMLOutputFormat:
 		return yqlib.NewXMLEncoder(yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences), nil
 	case yqlib.TomlOutputFormat:

pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestAllAtOnceEvaluateNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	var evaluator = NewAllAtOnceEvaluator()
 	// logging.SetLevel(logging.DEBUG, "")
 	for _, tt := range evaluateNodesScenario {
-		decoder := NewYamlDecoder(NewDefaultYamlPreferences())
+		decoder := NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
 		reader := bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(tt.document))
 		err := decoder.Init(reader)
 		if err != nil {

pkg/yqlib/csv_test.go

@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ func testCSVScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	case "encode-tsv":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewCsvEncoder(ConfiguredTsvPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-csv":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(ConfiguredCsvPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(ConfiguredCsvPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-csv-no-auto":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: ',', AutoParse: false}), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: ',', AutoParse: false}), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-tsv-object":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(ConfiguredTsvPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(ConfiguredTsvPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip-csv":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(ConfiguredCsvPreferences), NewCsvEncoder(ConfiguredCsvPreferences)), s.description)
 	default:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func documentCSVDecodeObjectScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario, formatTy
 	}
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n",
-		mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: separator, AutoParse: true}), NewYamlEncoder(s.indent, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))),
+		mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: separator, AutoParse: true}), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func documentCSVDecodeObjectNoAutoScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario, fo
 	}
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n",
-		mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: separator, AutoParse: false}), NewYamlEncoder(s.indent, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))),
+		mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewCSVObjectDecoder(CsvPreferences{Separator: separator, AutoParse: false}), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))),
 	)
 }
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/convert.md

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ will output
 ```yaml
 a: Easy! as one two three
 b:
-    c: 2
+  c: 2
-    d:
+  d:
-        - 3
+    - 3
-        - 4
+    - 4
 ```
 
 ## Encode json: simple
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ will output
 this: is a multidoc json file
 ---
 each:
-    - line is a valid json document
+  - line is a valid json document
 ---
 a number: 4
 ```

pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/properties.md

@@ -218,16 +218,16 @@ yq -p=props sample.properties
 will output
 ```yaml
 person:
-    # block comments come through
+  # block comments come through
-    # comments on values appear
+  # comments on values appear
-    name: Mike Wazowski
+  name: Mike Wazowski
-    pets:
+  pets:
-        # comments on array values appear
+    # comments on array values appear
-        - cat
+    - cat
-        - nested:
+    - nested:
-            - list entry
+        - list entry
-    food:
+  food:
-        - pizza
+    - pizza
 ```
 
 ## Decode properties - array should be a map
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ yq -p=props '.things |= array_to_map' sample.properties
 will output
 ```yaml
 things:
-    10: mike
+  10: mike
 ```
 
 ## Roundtrip

pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package yqlib
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -81,8 +80,6 @@ func doTest(t *testing.T, sampleYaml string, props testProperties, testUnwrapped
 	}
 
 	for _, unwrap := range wraps {
-		fmt.Println(props)
-		fmt.Println(unwrap)
 		for _, sep := range []string{" = ", ";", "=", " "} {
 			var actualProps = yamlToProps(sampleYaml, unwrap, sep)
 			test.AssertResult(t, props.String(unwrap, sep), actualProps)

pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go

@@ -12,16 +12,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type yamlEncoder struct {
-	indent   int
+	prefs YamlPreferences
-	colorise bool
-	prefs    YamlPreferences
 }
 
-func NewYamlEncoder(indent int, colorise bool, prefs YamlPreferences) Encoder {
+func NewYamlEncoder(prefs YamlPreferences) Encoder {
-	if indent < 0 {
+	return &yamlEncoder{prefs}
-		indent = 0
-	}
-	return &yamlEncoder{indent, colorise, prefs}
 }
 
 func (ye *yamlEncoder) CanHandleAliases() bool {
@@ -90,13 +85,13 @@ func (ye *yamlEncoder) Encode(writer io.Writer, node *CandidateNode) error {
 
 	destination := writer
 	tempBuffer := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	if ye.colorise {
+	if ye.prefs.ColorsEnabled {
 		destination = tempBuffer
 	}
 
 	var encoder = yaml.NewEncoder(destination)
 
-	encoder.SetIndent(ye.indent)
+	encoder.SetIndent(ye.prefs.Indent)
 
 	target, err := node.MarshalYAML()
 
@@ -115,7 +110,7 @@ func (ye *yamlEncoder) Encode(writer io.Writer, node *CandidateNode) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if ye.colorise {
+	if ye.prefs.ColorsEnabled {
 		return colorizeAndPrint(tempBuffer.Bytes(), writer)
 	}
 	return nil

pkg/yqlib/formatting_expressions_test.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func documentExpressionScenario(_ *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, i interface{}) {
 		writeOrPanic(w, "```bash\nyq --from-file update.yq sample.yml\n```\n")
 	}
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
-	encoder := NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
+	encoder := NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
 
 	if s.scenarioType == "shebang-json" {
 		encoder = NewJSONEncoder(2, false, false)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func documentExpressionScenario(_ *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, i interface{}) {
 func TestExpressionCommentScenarios(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range formattingExpressionScenarios {
 		test.AssertResultComplexWithContext(t, tt.expected,
-			mustProcessFormatScenario(tt, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)),
+			mustProcessFormatScenario(tt, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)),
 			tt.description)
 	}
 	genericScenarios := make([]interface{}, len(formattingExpressionScenarios))

pkg/yqlib/goccy_yaml_test.go

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ var goccyYamlFormatScenarios = []formatScenario{
 }
 
 func testGoccyYamlScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
-	test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewGoccyYAMLDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+	test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewGoccyYAMLDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 }
 
 func TestGoccyYmlFormatScenarios(t *testing.T) {

pkg/yqlib/json_test.go

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func documentDecodeNdJsonScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
-	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(s.indent, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
 }
 
 func decodeJSON(t *testing.T, jsonString string) *CandidateNode {
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func testJSONScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	case "decode":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewJSONEncoder(s.indent, false, false)), s.description)
 	case "decode-ndjson":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip-ndjson":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewJSONDecoder(), NewJSONEncoder(0, false, false)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip-multi":
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func documentJSONDecodeScenario(t *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario)
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
 	var output bytes.Buffer
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, 2, true)
 
 	node := decodeJSON(t, s.input)
 

pkg/yqlib/lua_test.go

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ var luaScenarios = []formatScenario{
 `,
 		expected: `country: Australia
 cities:
-    - Sydney
+  - Sydney
-    - Melbourne
+  - Melbourne
-    - Brisbane
+  - Brisbane
-    - Perth
+  - Perth
 `,
 	},
 	{
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ numbers:
 func testLuaScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	switch s.scenarioType {
 	case "", "decode":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewLuaDecoder(ConfiguredLuaPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(4, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewLuaDecoder(ConfiguredLuaPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "encode":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewLuaEncoder(ConfiguredLuaPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip":
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func documentLuaDecodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```bash\nyq -oy '%v' sample.lua\n```\n", expression))
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
-	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewLuaDecoder(ConfiguredLuaPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewLuaDecoder(ConfiguredLuaPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
 }
 
 func documentLuaEncodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {

pkg/yqlib/operator_comments.go

@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ func getCommentsOperator(_ *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *
 	log.Debugf("GetComments operator!")
 	var results = list.New()
 
-	yamlPrefs := NewDefaultYamlPreferences()
+	yamlPrefs := ConfiguredYamlPreferences.Copy()
 	yamlPrefs.PrintDocSeparators = false
 	yamlPrefs.UnwrapScalar = false
+	yamlPrefs.ColorsEnabled = false
 
 	for el := context.MatchingNodes.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
 		candidate := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func getCommentsOperator(_ *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *
 			var chompRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\n$`)
 			var output bytes.Buffer
 			var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-			var encoder = NewYamlEncoder(2, false, yamlPrefs)
+			var encoder = NewYamlEncoder(yamlPrefs)
 			if err := encoder.PrintLeadingContent(writer, candidate.LeadingContent); err != nil {
 				return Context{}, err
 			}

pkg/yqlib/operator_encoder_decoder.go

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ func configureEncoder(format *PrinterOutputFormat, indent int) Encoder {
 	case TSVOutputFormat:
 		return NewCsvEncoder(ConfiguredTsvPreferences)
 	case YamlOutputFormat:
-		return NewYamlEncoder(indent, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
+		var prefs = ConfiguredYamlPreferences.Copy()
+		prefs.Indent = indent
+		prefs.ColorsEnabled = false
+		return NewYamlEncoder(prefs)
 	case XMLOutputFormat:
 		var xmlPrefs = ConfiguredXMLPreferences.Copy()
 		xmlPrefs.Indent = indent

pkg/yqlib/operators_test.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type expressionScenario struct {
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	logging.SetLevel(logging.ERROR, "")
+	ConfiguredYamlPreferences.ColorsEnabled = false
 	Now = func() time.Time {
 		return time.Date(2021, time.May, 19, 1, 2, 3, 4, time.UTC)
 	}
@@ -40,11 +41,12 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	os.Exit(code)
 }
 
-func NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer io.Writer, unwrapScalar bool, colorsEnabled bool, indent int, printDocSeparators bool) Printer {
+func NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer io.Writer, unwrapScalar bool, indent int, printDocSeparators bool) Printer {
-	prefs := NewDefaultYamlPreferences()
+	prefs := ConfiguredYamlPreferences.Copy()
 	prefs.PrintDocSeparators = printDocSeparators
 	prefs.UnwrapScalar = unwrapScalar
-	return NewPrinter(NewYamlEncoder(indent, colorsEnabled, prefs), NewSinglePrinterWriter(writer))
+	prefs.Indent = indent
+	return NewPrinter(NewYamlEncoder(prefs), NewSinglePrinterWriter(writer))
 }
 
 func readDocument(content string, fakefilename string, fakeFileIndex int) (*list.List, error) {
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ func testScenario(t *testing.T, s *expressionScenario) {
 func resultToString(t *testing.T, n *CandidateNode) string {
 	var valueBuffer bytes.Buffer
 	log.Debugf("printing result %v", NodeToString(n))
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&valueBuffer), true, false, 4, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&valueBuffer), true, 4, true)
 
 	err := printer.PrintResults(n.AsList())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ func copySnippet(source string, out *os.File) error {
 
 func formatYaml(yaml string, filename string) string {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, 2, true)
 
 	node, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(".. style= \"\"")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ func documentInput(w *bufio.Writer, s expressionScenario) (string, string) {
 func documentOutput(t *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, s expressionScenario, formattedDoc string, formattedDoc2 string) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var err error
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(bufio.NewWriter(&output), true, 2, true)
 
 	node, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(s.expression)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/yqlib/printer_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func nodeToList(candidate *CandidateNode) *list.List {
 func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSequenceOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSequenceOnly(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSequenceWithLeadingContent(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSequenceWithLeadingContent(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterMultipleFilesInSequence(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleFilesInSequence(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterMultipleFilesInSequenceWithLeadingContent(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleFilesInSequenceWithLeadingContent(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSinglePrint(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSinglePrint(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSinglePrintWithLeadingDoc(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ a: coconut
 func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSinglePrintWithLeadingDocTrailing(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ a: coconut
 func TestPrinterScalarWithLeadingCont(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, true)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, true)
 
 	node, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(".a")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func TestPrinterMultipleDocsJson(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterNulSeparator(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, false)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, false)
 	printer.SetNulSepOutput(true)
 	node, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(".a")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func TestPrinterNulSeparatorWithJson(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrinterRootUnwrap(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
-	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, false, 2, false)
+	printer := NewSimpleYamlPrinter(writer, true, 2, false)
 	node, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(".")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)

pkg/yqlib/properties_test.go

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func documentDecodePropertyScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
-	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewPropertiesDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(s.indent, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewPropertiesDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
 }
 
 func documentRoundTripPropertyScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func TestPropertyScenarios(t *testing.T) {
 		case "":
 			test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewPropertiesEncoder(ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences)), s.description)
 		case "decode":
-			test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewPropertiesDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+			test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewPropertiesDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 		case "encode-wrapped":
 			prefs := ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.Copy()
 			prefs.UnwrapScalar = false

pkg/yqlib/string_evaluator_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func TestStringEvaluator_Evaluate_Nominal(t *testing.T) {
 		`---` + "\n" +
 		` - name: jq` + "\n" +
 		`   description: Command-line JSON processor` + "\n"
-	encoder := NewYamlEncoder(2, true, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
+	encoder := NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
 	decoder := NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)
 
 	result, err := NewStringEvaluator().Evaluate(expression, input, encoder, decoder)

pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go

@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 func testTomlScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	switch s.scenarioType {
 	case "", "decode":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-error":
-		result, err := processFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
+		result, err := processFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error '%v' but it worked: %v", s.expectedError, result)
 		} else {
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func documentTomlDecodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```bash\nyq -oy '%v' sample.toml\n```\n", expression))
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
-	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewTomlDecoder(), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
 }
 
 func documentTomlRoundtripScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {

pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go

@@ -617,7 +617,9 @@ var xmlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 func testXMLScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	switch s.scenarioType {
 	case "", "decode":
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(ConfiguredXMLPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(4, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		yamlPrefs := ConfiguredYamlPreferences.Copy()
+		yamlPrefs.Indent = 4
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(ConfiguredXMLPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(yamlPrefs)), s.description)
 	case "encode":
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewXMLEncoder(ConfiguredXMLPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip":
@@ -625,21 +627,21 @@ func testXMLScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
 	case "decode-keep-ns":
 		prefs := NewDefaultXmlPreferences()
 		prefs.KeepNamespace = true
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-raw-token":
 		prefs := NewDefaultXmlPreferences()
 		prefs.UseRawToken = true
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "decode-raw-token-off":
 		prefs := NewDefaultXmlPreferences()
 		prefs.UseRawToken = false
-		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 	case "roundtrip-skip-directives":
 		prefs := NewDefaultXmlPreferences()
 		prefs.SkipDirectives = true
 		test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(prefs), NewXMLEncoder(prefs)), s.description)
 	case "decode-error":
-		result, err := processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(NewDefaultXmlPreferences()), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
+		result, err := processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(NewDefaultXmlPreferences()), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error '%v' but it worked: %v", s.expectedError, result)
 		} else {
@@ -702,7 +704,7 @@ func documentXMLDecodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```bash\nyq -oy '%v' sample.xml\n```\n", expression))
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
-	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(ConfiguredXMLPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder(ConfiguredXMLPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
 }
 
 func documentXMLDecodeKeepNsScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {

pkg/yqlib/yaml.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package yqlib
 
 type YamlPreferences struct {
+	Indent                      int
+	ColorsEnabled               bool
 	LeadingContentPreProcessing bool
 	PrintDocSeparators          bool
 	UnwrapScalar                bool
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ type YamlPreferences struct {
 
 func NewDefaultYamlPreferences() YamlPreferences {
 	return YamlPreferences{
+		Indent:                      2,
+		ColorsEnabled:               true,
 		LeadingContentPreProcessing: true,
 		PrintDocSeparators:          true,
 		UnwrapScalar:                true,
@@ -16,4 +20,15 @@ func NewDefaultYamlPreferences() YamlPreferences {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *YamlPreferences) Copy() YamlPreferences {
+	return YamlPreferences{
+		Indent:                      p.Indent,
+		ColorsEnabled:               p.ColorsEnabled,
+		LeadingContentPreProcessing: p.LeadingContentPreProcessing,
+		PrintDocSeparators:          p.PrintDocSeparators,
+		UnwrapScalar:                p.UnwrapScalar,
+		EvaluateTogether:            p.EvaluateTogether,
+	}
+}
+
 var ConfiguredYamlPreferences = NewDefaultYamlPreferences()

pkg/yqlib/yaml_test.go

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var yamlParseScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 }
 
 func testYamlScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
-	test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(NewDefaultYamlPreferences()), NewYamlEncoder(2, false, ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
+	test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewYamlDecoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
 }
 
 func TestYamlParseScenarios(t *testing.T) {