dotenv_path_matches

Same shape as the *_equals variants, but the asserted value is a regex matched against string values. Non-string matches produce a clear “value is not a string” violation.

Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
`if_present`	boolean		`false`	When true, a query returning zero matches is silently OK - only real matches that fail the op produce violations.
`matches`	string	yes		Rust-regex pattern to match against the value at `path`.
`path`	string	yes		`JSONPath` expression rooted at `$`.

Plus the common paths, level, id, and when fields. This table is generated from the JSON Schema; option types and defaults are authoritative.

Example

A .env DATABASE_URL pointing at the wrong engine

The rule fires on this repository:

.env

DATABASE_URL=mysql://localhost/app

With this .alint.yml:

version: 1
rules:
  - id: postgres-only
    kind: dotenv_path_matches
    paths: ".env"
    path: "$.DATABASE_URL"
    matches: "^postgres://"
    level: error

alint check reports:

--- .env -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  x  error    postgres-only
              value at path "mysql://localhost/app" does not match regex
              ^postgres://

Summary (1 violation):
  x 1 error
  0 passing * 1 failing

A .env DATABASE_URL on postgres

This repository is compliant:

.env

DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/app