Error message: Status: Syntax is incorrect. CI configuration validated, including all configuration added with the include keyword. More information jobs:autotag:script config should be a string or a nested array of strings up to 10 levels deep

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I keep receiving an error on this part of my config file and I can’t figure out the problem.

autotag:
stage: build
script:
- echo “Checking version format…”
- VERSION=$(cat version.txt)
- echo “VERSION: $VERSION”
- if [[ ! “$VERSION” =~ [1]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$ ]]; then echo “Invalid version format”; exit 1; fi
- if [ “$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME” == “master” ]; then git tag -a “$VERSION” -m “Auto-tagged version $VERSION”; git push origin “$VERSION”; fi

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Thanks for taking the time to be thorough in your request, it really helps! :blush:

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Colon is used to denote key-value pairs.
Either use:

autotag:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "Checking version format…”
    - VERSION=$(cat version.txt)
    - |
      echo "VERSION: $VERSION”
    - if [[ ! "$VERSION” =~ +.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$ ]]; then echo "Invalid version format”; exit 1; fi
    - if [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME” == "master” ]; then git tag -a "$VERSION” -m "Auto-tagged version $VERSION”; git push origin "$VERSION”; fi

Or remove colon:

- echo "VERSION $VERSION”

Additionally, fixed tabs and replaced double quotes

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