Default for question vars is "<nil>"

[jackwilsdon]

What happened?
The default value for question vars is <nil>. This causes issues when trying to make a variable required using validationPattern (see attached devspace.yaml).

What did you expect to happen instead?
The default value to be an empty string.

How can we reproduce the bug? (as minimally and precisely as possible)

1. devspace deploy the attached devspace.yaml

My devspace.yaml:

version: v2beta1
vars:
  EXAMPLE:
    question: Example
    validationPattern: .+
    validationMessage: A value is required

The workaround is to also set default: "". Interestingly enough, password variables (password: true) do default to an empty string from what I can tell.

Local Environment:

• DevSpace Version: [use devspace --version] 6.3.15
• Operating System: macOS
• ARCH of the OS: ARM64

[deniseschannon]

Are you trying to figure out how to make a variable required with a default value of nothing?

I'm slightly confused at what you're attempting to accomplish.

[jackwilsdon]

I want a required variable that must be entered (e.g. some configuration required for a service). This works fine with password: true (hitting enter on an empty password just shows the validation error and prompts again), but for password: false I also have to specify default: "" as otherwise it defaults to <nil> on hitting enter instead of prompting again.