#285·dasel

YAML anchors, aliases and references

Author: electriquoCreated Jan 5, 2023Updated Jul 18, 2025
Labelsenhancement

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. YAML supports anchors, aliases and references, but Dasel is unable to read it.

bash
$ echo '
foo: &foo
  one: 1
bar:
  <<: *foo
  two: 2
' | yq -y
foo:
  one: 1
bar:
  one: 1
  two: 2

$ echo '
foo: &foo
  one: 1
bar:
  <<: *foo
  two: 2
' | dasel -r yaml

Describe the solution you'd like Dasel should be able to render the YAML correctly