syntastic/syntax_checkers/puppet.vim

"============================================================================
"File:        puppet.vim
"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
"Maintainer:  Eivind Uggedal <eivind at uggedal dot com>
"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
"
"============================================================================
if exists("loaded_puppet_syntax_checker")
    finish
endif
let loaded_puppet_syntax_checker = 1

"bail if the user doesnt have puppet installed
if !executable("puppet")
    finish
endif

let s:puppetVersion = split(system("puppet --version"), "\\.")

function! SyntaxCheckers_puppet_GetLocList()
    "If puppet is >= version 2.7 then use the new executable
    if s:puppetVersion[0] >= '2' && s:puppetVersion[1] >= '7'
      let makeprg = 'puppet parser validate ' . 
            \ shellescape(expand('%')) .
            \ ' --color=false --ignoreimport'
    else
      let makeprg = 'puppet --color=false --parseonly --ignoreimport '.shellescape(expand('%'))
    endif

    let errorformat = 'err: Could not parse for environment %*[a-z]: %m at %f:%l'

    return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat })
endfunction