How do you do block comments in YAML?

Question

How do I comment a block of lines in YAML?

Answer 1

In Vim you can do one of the following:

• Comment all lines: :%s/^/#
• Comment lines 10 - 15: :10,15s/^/#
• Comment line 10 to current line: :10,.s/^/#
• Comment line 10 to end: :10,$s/^/#

or using visual block:

1. Select a multiple-line column after entering visual block via Ctrl+v.
2. Press r followed by # to comment out the multiple-line block replacing the selection, or Shift+i#Esc to insert comment characters before the selection.