getsops/sops · error

YAML Negative indentation not accepted

Error message

YAML Negative indentation not accepted

What it means

Error "YAML Negative indentation not accepted" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at stores/yaml/store.go:356

		}
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error unmarshaling input YAML: %s", err)
		}

		branch, err := store.yamlDocumentNodeToTreeBranch(data)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error unmarshaling input YAML: %s", err)
		}
		branches = append(branches, branch)
	}
	return branches, nil
}

func (store *Store) getIndentation() (int, error) {
	if store.config.Indent > 0 {
		return store.config.Indent, nil
	} else if store.config.Indent < 0 {
		return 0, errors.New("YAML Negative indentation not accepted")
	}
	return IndentDefault, nil
}

// EmitEncryptedFile returns the encrypted bytes of the yaml file corresponding to a
// sops.Tree runtime object
func (store *Store) EmitEncryptedFile(in sops.Tree) ([]byte, error) {
	branches, err := stores.SerializeMetadata(in, stores.MetadataOpts{
		Flatten: stores.MetadataFlattenNone,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error marshaling metadata: %s", err)
	}
	return store.EmitPlainFile(branches)
}

// EmitPlainFile returns the plaintext bytes of the yaml file corresponding to a
// sops.TreeBranches runtime object

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at stores/yaml/store.go:356 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of getsops/sops@13442bb981 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2e563c8d2d51a8d4. Report an issue: GitHub.