crash with exception on simple file

[jokjr]

Summary

While this file is probably not valid YAML, ansible-lint crashes with a not terribly useful error message - hello.yml:

abc

Issue Type

• Bug Report

Ansible and Ansible Lint details

ansible --version
ansible 2.9.13
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/user/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.7.3 (default, Jul 25 2020, 13:03:44) [GCC 8.3.0]

ansible-lint --version
ansible-lint 4.3.4

• ansible installation method: pip
• ansible-lint installation method: pip

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Debian. (older) versions of ansible and ansible-lint are installed through the package manager as well.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Test case hello.yml:

abc

ansible-lint hello.yml

Desired Behaviour

A single error line saying that it couldn't find any items in the alleged playbook?

Actual Behaviour

$ cat hello.yml
abc
$ ansible-lint -vvvvvvv hello.yml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.local/bin/ansible-lint", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 160, in main
    matches.extend(runner.run())
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/runner.py", line 78, in run
    matches = set(self._emit_matches(files))
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/runner.py", line 103, in _emit_matches
    for child in ansiblelint.utils.find_children(arg, self.playbook_dir):
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/utils.py", line 162, in find_children
    items = _playbook_items(playbook_ds)
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/utils.py", line 137, in _playbook_items
    return [item for play in pb_data for item in play.items()]
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansiblelint/utils.py", line 137, in <listcomp>
    return [item for play in pb_data for item in play.items()]
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

[ssbarnea]

This is likely already fixed by #1048 which is blocked by #815 -- hopefully the situation will be addressed soon.

@gundalow ^

[tcinbis]

@ssbarnea thanks for the insight! I am facing the same issue since recently :(