ansible-lint --fix does not respect custom yamllint configuration for empty lines

[mjnaderi]

Summary

I want to be able to put two empty lines between some tasks in a single file to make a visual separation between groups of related tasks and improve readability. Example:

---
- name: task 1
  ...

- name: task 2
  ...


- name: task 3
  ...

- name: task 4
  ...

To achieve that, I wrote a custom .yamllint.yml file with the following content:

---
rules:
  empty-lines:
    max: 2

But it does not help, and running ansible-lint --fix removes extra empty line, and the result has exactly one empty line between tasks.

Issue Type

• Bug Report

OS / ENVIRONMENT

ansible-lint --version

ansible-lint 24.7.0 using ansible-core:2.17.1 ansible-compat:24.6.1 ruamel-yaml:0.18.6 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.8

• ansible installation method: pipx
• ansible-lint installation method: pipx

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Create a .yamllint.yml file with the following content:

   ---
   rules:
     empty-lines:
       max: 2

2. Run ansible-lint --fix on a playbook with more than one empty line between tasks.

Desired Behavior

The ansible-lint --fix command should respect the custom .yamllint.yml configuration and allow up to two empty lines between tasks.

Actual Behavior

Running ansible-lint --fix removes extra empty lines and results in exactly one empty line between tasks.