Tinteddependsyaml

Tinteddependsyaml is a declarative manifest format expressed in YAML that describes a software project’s dependencies and their configuration for build and deployment pipelines. The format is designed to be human-readable while remaining machine-parseable, enabling explicit specification of direct dependencies, version constraints, sources, optional features, and platform requirements. It is typically named tinteddepends.yaml and placed at the root of a project to guide dependency resolution.

The manifest centers on a list of dependencies, each described by a set of fields such as name, version, source, and optional attributes like features, platform constraints, and source control references. Top-level fields may include general metadata, a resolution strategy, and global constraints. The design emphasizes simplicity and interoperability, allowing a dependency resolver to expand transitive dependencies, apply version constraints, and produce a reproducible lock file.

An example tinteddepends.yaml might include:

dependencies:

- name: libfoo

version: ^1.2.0

source: crates.io

features: [timing, logging]

- name: bar

version: ">=0.3.0,<1.0.0"

source: git

repo: "https://example.org/bar.git"

rev: abc123

version: 1

metadata:

project: ExampleProject

resolution_strategy: lock

A resolver or build tool processes tinteddepends.yaml to resolve and lock dependencies, considering transitive requirements, platform compatibility, and feature flags. The format is intended to be portable across environments and compatible with existing YAML tooling, while providing a clear, human-editable means of declaring dependencies. See also YAML, dependency manifests, and package-management concepts.