Commands editing the devfile (like `odo add binding` or `odo remove binding`) reorder it

[kadel]

when using odo 2.4.0 (and 2.3.1 as well)

▶ odo create java-springboot
Devfile Object Validation
 ✓  Checking devfile existence [21080ns]
 ✓  Creating a devfile component from registry: DefaultDevfileRegistry [33560ns]
Validation
 ✓  Validating if devfile name is correct [29220ns]

Please use `odo push` command to create the component with source deployed

Devfile keys are sorted alphabetically, but they should be in the order as they are in original file

▶ cat devfile.yaml

```yaml commands: - exec: commandLine: mvn clean -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/user/.m2/repository package -Dmaven.test.skip=true component: tools group: isDefault: true kind: build id: build - exec: commandLine: mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/user/.m2/repository spring-boot:run component: tools group: isDefault: true kind: run id: run - exec: commandLine: java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=${DEBUG_PORT},suspend=n -jar target/*.jar component: tools group: isDefault: true kind: debug id: debug components: - container: endpoints: - name: 8080-tcp targetPort: 8080 image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java11-maven:next memoryLimit: 768Mi mountSources: true volumeMounts: - name: m2 path: /home/user/.m2 name: tools - name: m2 volume: size: 3Gi metadata: description: Spring Boot® using Java displayName: Spring Boot® globalMemoryLimit: 2674Mi icon: https://spring.io/images/projects/spring-edf462fec682b9d48cf628eaf9e19521.svg language: java name: java-springboot-spring-petcl-egpl projectType: spring tags: - Java - Spring version: 1.1.0 schemaVersion: 2.0.0 starterProjects: - git: remotes: origin: https://github.com/odo-devfiles/springboot-ex.git name: springbootproject ```

when using 2.3.0

▶ odo create java-springboot
Devfile Object Validation
 ✓  Checking devfile existence [20670ns]
 ✓  Creating a devfile component from registry: DefaultDevfileRegistry [33010ns]
Validation
 ✓  Validating if devfile name is correct [20070ns]
cat de  
Please use `odo push` command to create the component with source deployed

Devfile is in the same format as it is in devfile registry

▶ cat devfile.yaml

```yaml schemaVersion: 2.0.0 metadata: name: java-springboot version: 1.1.0 displayName: Spring Boot® description: Spring Boot® using Java tags: ['Java', 'Spring'] globalMemoryLimit: 2674Mi icon: https://spring.io/images/projects/spring-edf462fec682b9d48cf628eaf9e19521.svg projectType: 'spring' language: 'java' starterProjects: - name: springbootproject git: remotes: origin: 'https://github.com/odo-devfiles/springboot-ex.git' components: - name: tools container: image: quay.io/eclipse/che-java11-maven:next memoryLimit: 768Mi mountSources: true endpoints: - name: '8080-tcp' targetPort: 8080 volumeMounts: - name: m2 path: /home/user/.m2 - name: m2 volume: size: 3Gi commands: - id: build exec: component: tools commandLine: 'mvn clean -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/user/.m2/repository package -Dmaven.test.skip=true' group: kind: build isDefault: true - id: run exec: component: tools commandLine: 'mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/user/.m2/repository spring-boot:run' group: kind: run isDefault: true - id: debug exec: component: tools commandLine: 'java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=${DEBUG_PORT},suspend=n -jar target/*.jar' group: kind: debug isDefault: true ``` /kind bug /priority low

[scottkurz]

Not sure if this is relevant but similar net impact: https://github.com/devfile/api/issues/371

[kadel]

Not sure if this is relevant but similar net impact: devfile/api#371

yes, this is definitely related. The reordering is done by devfile/library.

But prior to odo v2.3.1 odo create was just downloading devfile.yaml without unmarshaling/marshalling cycle. But something changed and now odo probably parses the devfile in memory and then saves it.

I think that #5115 and #5112 are another side effects if this. All this could be related

[tmds]

Devfile keys are sorted alphabetically, but they should be in the order as they are in original file

Also: newlines should be maintained between (at least the) top-level sections.

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[rm3l]

/retitle Commands editing the devfile (like odo add binding or odo remove binding) reorder it /lifecycle frozen

odo create no longer exists in v3. But this issue still applies to current commands that can edit the Devfile, like odo add binding or odo remove binding. Related to https://github.com/redhat-developer/odo/issues/5789