Why is 0.57.0 not formatting my output according the config?

[sbirl]

I created ~/.tflint.hcl simply as:

config {
  format = "compact"
}

• When I run tflint the output is the default.
• When I export TFLINT_CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/.tflint.hcl and run tflint, the output is default.
• When I run tflint --config $HOME/.tflint.hcl the output is default.
• I ran strace tflint 2>&1 | grep -i conf and can see that it's reading it in:
  • read(3, "config {\n format = \"compact\"\n}\n", 512) = 32
• Only when I run tflint --format=compact is the format compacted.

tflint itself does not complain about the config file (which I assume it would?), so why is the setting ignored?

Thoughts? Thanks.

[sbirl]

I'll add that this is the first time Im using a config file. Never thought about it with previous versions of tflint.

[wata727]

Are you running TFLint with --recursive? In that case, the format is ignored.
https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint/blob/v0.57.0/docs/user-guide/config.md#format

[sbirl]

Are you running TFLint with --recursive? In that case, the format is ignored.

Negative. The commands and config file I posted above are exactly what's been ran. No wrapper script, no alias, nothing that invokes --recursive.

[bendrucker]

I was able to reproduce this

[sbirl]

Thank you @bendrucker for opening up #2305.
I guess I can close this out.