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feat: github actions extension linter-ignore file and ignore settings

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript, vscode
Domain
ci-cd, devtools

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by tracing how the GitHub Actions VS Code extension linter reports errors and how workspace, directory, or user settings are handled. Done means users can suppress selected linter errors through a documented mechanism, with coverage for the chosen ignore behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

In certain GitHub actions, deprecated fields or configurations that are caught by the GitHub actions VSCode extension's linter do still work or exist in certain versions of a GitHub action.

For example, in the screenshot below, the command: manifest configuration in Google's release-please GitHub action does still function, but GitHub actions VSCode extension still considers this an error.

Screenshot 2024-11-04 104641

Describe the solution you'd like

I want to be able to add a new comment OR surrounding comments OR a VSCode extension settings file (local to workspace, directory, or user) that will suppress the GitHub actions VSCode extension's linter from highlighting an error.

E.g., adding // gh-actions-ignore to a line suppresses the linter, OR adding a .githubactionsignore file will allow certain files to go unread by the extension (similar to .gitignore), OR a general regex filter in the extensions' VSCode settings

Additional context

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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