Read YAML lists

helpers/yaml.go

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package helpers
+
+import yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+// UnmarshalYAMLInterface is a wrapper for yaml.Unmarshall that
+// knows how to unmarshal maps and lists.
+func UnmarshalYAMLInterface(b []byte, i *interface{}) error {
+	var m map[interface{}]interface{}
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(b, &m)
+	switch err.(type) {
+	case *yaml.TypeError:
+		// Work around https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/20
+		var s []interface{}
+		err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, &s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*i = s
+	default:
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*i = m
+	}
+	return nil
+}

site_variables.go

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package gojekyll
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/osteele/gojekyll/helpers"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 func (site *Site) initSiteVariables() error {
@@ -45,23 +43,17 @@ func (site *Site) readDataFiles() (VariableMap, error) {
 		filename := filepath.Join(dataDir, f.Name())
 		switch filepath.Ext(f.Name()) {
 		case ".yaml", ".yml":
-			bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+			b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			fileData := map[interface{}]interface{}{}
-			err = yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, &fileData)
-			switch err.(type) {
-			case *yaml.TypeError:
-				fmt.Printf("Warning: skipping %s because it is a list\n", filename)
-				fmt.Println("See https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/20")
-			default:
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, helpers.PathError(err, "read YAML", filename)
-				}
-				basename := helpers.TrimExt(filepath.Base(f.Name()))
-				data[basename] = fileData
+			var d interface{} // map or slice
+			err = helpers.UnmarshalYAMLInterface(b, &d)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, helpers.PathError(err, "read YAML", filename)
 			}
+			basename := helpers.TrimExt(filepath.Base(f.Name()))
+			data[basename] = d
 		}
 	}
 	return data, nil