Add YAML issue template support

Co-authored-by: alexr00 <38270282+alexr00@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/test-yaml-template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Test YAML Template
+description: A test YAML issue template for verification
+title: "[Test]: "
+labels: ["test"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for reporting this test issue!
+  - type: input
+    id: contact
+    attributes:
+      label: Contact Details
+      description: How can we get in touch with you if we need more info?
+      placeholder: ex. email@example.com
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: textarea
+    id: what-happened
+    attributes:
+      label: What happened?
+      description: Also tell us, what did you expect to happen?
+      placeholder: Tell us what you see!
+      value: "A bug happened!"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: version
+    attributes:
+      label: Version
+      description: What version of our software are you running?
+      options:
+        - 1.0.0
+        - 1.1.0
+        - 1.2.0
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: terms
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our Code of Conduct
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
+          required: true

package.json

@@ -4351,6 +4351,7 @@
 		"@shikijs/monaco": "^3.7.0",
 		"@types/chai": "^4.1.4",
 		"@types/glob": "7.1.3",
+		"@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
 		"@types/lru-cache": "^5.1.0",
 		"@types/marked": "^0.7.2",
 		"@types/mocha": "^8.2.2",
@@ -4452,4 +4453,4 @@
 		"string_decoder": "^1.3.0"
 	},
 	"license": "MIT"
-}
+}

src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts

@@ -1346,10 +1346,13 @@ export class FolderRepositoryManager extends Disposable {
 	}
 
 	async getIssueTemplates(): Promise<vscode.Uri[]> {
-		const pattern = '{docs,.github}/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md';
-		return vscode.workspace.findFiles(
-			new vscode.RelativePattern(this._repository.rootUri, pattern), null
-		);
+		const mdPattern = '{docs,.github}/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md';
+		const ymlPattern = '{docs,.github}/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.yml';
+		const [mdTemplates, ymlTemplates] = await Promise.all([
+			vscode.workspace.findFiles(new vscode.RelativePattern(this._repository.rootUri, mdPattern), null),
+			vscode.workspace.findFiles(new vscode.RelativePattern(this._repository.rootUri, ymlPattern), null)
+		]);
+		return [...mdTemplates, ...ymlTemplates];
 	}
 
 	async getPullRequestTemplateBody(owner: string): Promise<string | undefined> {

src/issues/issueFeatureRegistrar.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { basename } from 'path';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { CurrentIssue } from './currentIssue';
 import { IssueCompletionProvider } from './issueCompletionProvider';
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import {
 	PermalinkInfo,
 	pushAndCreatePR,
 	USER_EXPRESSION,
+	YamlIssueTemplate,
 } from './util';
 import { truncate } from '../common/utils';
 import { OctokitCommon } from '../github/common';
@@ -1250,13 +1252,77 @@ ${options?.body ?? ''}\n
 	}
 
 	private getDataFromTemplate(template: string): IssueTemplate {
+		// Try to parse as YAML first (YAML templates have a different structure)
+		try {
+			const parsed = yaml.load(template);
+			if (parsed && typeof parsed === 'object' && (parsed as YamlIssueTemplate).name) {
+				// This is a YAML template
+				return this.parseYamlTemplate(parsed as YamlIssueTemplate);
+			}
+		} catch (e) {
+			// Not a valid YAML, continue to Markdown parsing
+		}
+
+		// Parse as Markdown frontmatter template
 		const title = template.match(/title:\s*(.*)/)?.[1]?.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '');
 		const name = template.match(/name:\s*(.*)/)?.[1]?.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '');
 		const about = template.match(/about:\s*(.*)/)?.[1]?.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '');
 		const body = template.match(/---([\s\S]*)---([\s\S]*)/)?.[2];
 		return { title, name, about, body };
 	}
 
+	private parseYamlTemplate(parsed: YamlIssueTemplate): IssueTemplate {
+		const name = parsed.name;
+		const about = parsed.description || parsed.about;
+		const title = parsed.title;
+
+		// Convert YAML body fields to markdown
+		let body = '';
+		if (parsed.body && Array.isArray(parsed.body)) {
+			for (const field of parsed.body) {
+				if (field.type === 'markdown' && field.attributes?.value) {
+					body += field.attributes.value + '\n\n';
+				} else if (field.type === 'textarea' && field.attributes?.label) {
+					body += `## ${field.attributes.label}\n\n`;
+					if (field.attributes.description) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.description}\n\n`;
+					}
+					if (field.attributes.placeholder) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.placeholder}\n\n`;
+					} else if (field.attributes.value) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.value}\n\n`;
+					}
+				} else if (field.type === 'input' && field.attributes?.label) {
+					body += `## ${field.attributes.label}\n\n`;
+					if (field.attributes.description) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.description}\n\n`;
+					}
+					if (field.attributes.placeholder) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.placeholder}\n\n`;
+					}
+				} else if (field.type === 'dropdown' && field.attributes?.label) {
+					body += `## ${field.attributes.label}\n\n`;
+					if (field.attributes.description) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.description}\n\n`;
+					}
+					if (field.attributes.options && Array.isArray(field.attributes.options)) {
+						body += field.attributes.options.map((opt: string) => `- ${opt}`).join('\n') + '\n\n';
+					}
+				} else if (field.type === 'checkboxes' && field.attributes?.label) {
+					body += `## ${field.attributes.label}\n\n`;
+					if (field.attributes.description) {
+						body += `${field.attributes.description}\n\n`;
+					}
+					if (field.attributes.options && Array.isArray(field.attributes.options)) {
+						body += field.attributes.options.map((opt: { label?: string } | string) => `- [ ] ${typeof opt === 'string' ? opt : opt.label || ''}`).join('\n') + '\n\n';
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return { title, name, about, body: body.trim() || undefined };
+	}
+
 	private async doCreateIssue(
 		document: vscode.TextDocument | undefined,
 		newIssue: NewIssue | undefined,

src/issues/util.ts

@@ -94,6 +94,31 @@ export interface IssueTemplate {
 	body: string | undefined
 }
 
+export interface YamlIssueTemplate {
+	name?: string;
+	description?: string;
+	about?: string;
+	title?: string;
+	labels?: string[];
+	assignees?: string[];
+	body?: YamlTemplateField[];
+}
+
+export interface YamlTemplateField {
+	type: 'markdown' | 'textarea' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'checkboxes';
+	id?: string;
+	attributes?: {
+		label?: string;
+		description?: string;
+		placeholder?: string;
+		value?: string;
+		options?: (string | { label?: string; required?: boolean })[];
+	};
+	validations?: {
+		required?: boolean;
+	};
+}
+
 const HEAD = 'HEAD';
 const UPSTREAM = 1;
 const UPS = 2;

yarn.lock

@@ -885,6 +885,11 @@
     "@types/istanbul-lib-coverage" "*"
     "@types/istanbul-lib-report" "*"
 
+"@types/js-yaml@^4.0.9":
+  version "4.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.0.9.tgz#cd82382c4f902fed9691a2ed79ec68c5898af4c2"
+  integrity sha512-k4MGaQl5TGo/iipqb2UDG2UwjXziSWkh0uysQelTlJpX1qGlpUZYm8PnO4DxG1qBomtJUdYJ6qR6xdIah10JLg==
+
 "@types/json-schema@^7.0.15":
   version "7.0.15"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.15.tgz#596a1747233694d50f6ad8a7869fcb6f56cf5841"