Jekyll YMAL nested list throws error: found a tab character that violate intendation

Question

This is the list I'm using.

- name: Game1
  platforms: { win32, win64, linux64 }
  distribution:
    - name: here
      url: null
    - name: desura 
      url: http://www.desura.com/games/Game1
    source: https://github.com/name/Game1
  description: cg/games/Game1/description.html
  release: 2013-06-23

And this is the error it throws:

jekyll 2.2.0 | Error:  (C:/Users/User/jekyll-site/_data/games.yml): found a tab
character that violate intendation while scanning a plain scalar at line 39 {{- name: here}} column 13

How do I fix this list so it works?

Answer 1

You have a tab character somewhere and yaml forbids them, so the first thing to do ensure that there are no tabs. There are several ways to do this, including removing every white space and replacing it with a space character. Most editors have a way to visualize white space and whether or not it is a tab character. There are also programs that convert tabs to space characters. You can google for whatever suits your needs best.

After this, ensure that the indentation is correct and you should be okay.