gitpod.yml validation and/or execution using the gp command

[DaveAuld]

I recently used gp to create the template .gitpod.yml file.
After editing I was looking at how I could validate or test the file, and found the process of stop and starting the workspace or creating a new workspace after pushing the file to the repo pretty tedious, especially after a few attempts of trying to achieve what I wanted.

It would be great if the gp command had an --execute and/or --validate option that could be used to do just that on the .gitpod.yml file, without the need to actually stop/restart/or recreate the workspaces.

Associated posts on gitpod community at:
https://community.gitpod.io/t/feature-request-gitpod-yml-validate-or-execute-with-gp/5117
https://community.gitpod.io/t/how-to-manually-execute-gitpod-yml-file/4464

Thanks,
Dave

[akosyakov]

Unfortunately after team discussions we realised that we don't have capacity for new features and have to focus more on bug fixes and robust deployments for now.

[loujaybee]

Seems also related to #4861 (faster feedback on changes to gitpod.yml)

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[RyzeNGrind]

Is there any way to use the gp validate command as a pre-commit hook in my Github Actions workflow? It would be a very useful feature when testing or building your own workspaces.

[akosyakov]

Is there any way to use the gp validate command as a pre-commit hook in my Github Actions workflow? It would be a very useful feature when testing or building your own workspaces.

As for now gp validate can work only within a Gitpod workspace. If you are interested only in validating the image then you should be able to use docker build though.