Resolve YAML anchors when hovering

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Docker Language Server will be documented in this file.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- Compose
+  - textDocument/hover
+    - resolve anchors when constructing the path of the hovered item ([#303](https://github.com/docker/docker-language-server/issues/303))
+
 ## [0.10.2] - 2025-06-06
 
 ### Fixed

internal/compose/hover.go

@@ -379,18 +379,24 @@ func hover(schema *jsonschema.Schema, nodes []ast.Node, line, column, lineLength
 }
 
 func constructNodePath(matches []ast.Node, node ast.Node, line, col int) []ast.Node {
+	if anchor, ok := node.(*ast.AnchorNode); ok {
+		node = anchor.Value
+	}
 	switch n := node.(type) {
 	case *ast.MappingValueNode:
-		if keyNode, ok := n.Key.(*ast.StringNode); ok {
-			if m := constructNodePath(matches, n.Key, line, col); m != nil {
-				matches = append(matches, m...)
-				return matches
-			}
-			if m := constructNodePath(matches, n.Value, line, col); m != nil {
-				matches = append(matches, keyNode)
-				matches = append(matches, m...)
-				return matches
-			}
+		var nodeKey ast.Node
+		nodeKey = n.Key
+		if anchor, ok := nodeKey.(*ast.AnchorNode); ok {
+			nodeKey = anchor.Value
+		}
+		if m := constructNodePath(matches, nodeKey, line, col); m != nil {
+			matches = append(matches, m...)
+			return matches
+		}
+		if m := constructNodePath(matches, n.Value, line, col); m != nil {
+			matches = append(matches, nodeKey)
+			matches = append(matches, m...)
+			return matches
 		}
 	case *ast.MappingNode:
 		for _, kv := range n.Values {

internal/compose/hover_test.go

@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ services:
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "recursive enum values when hovering over the attribute's value with an anchor",
+			content: `
+services:
+  test:
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        bind:
+          recursive: &anchor enabled`,
+			line:      6,
+			character: 32,
+			result: &protocol.Hover{
+				Contents: protocol.MarkupContent{
+					Kind:  protocol.MarkupKindMarkdown,
+					Value: "Recursively mount the source directory.\n\nAllowed values:\n- `disabled`\n- `enabled`\n- `readonly`\n- `writable`\n\nSchema: [compose-spec.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/master/schema/compose-spec.json)\n\n[Online documentation](https://docs.docker.com/reference/compose-file/services/#volumes)",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "recursive enum values when hovering over the attribute's value at the end",
 			content: `
@@ -282,6 +300,21 @@ services:
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "mapping node defined by an anchor",
+			content: `
+services:
+  &anchor abc:
+    image: alpine:3.21`,
+			line:      3,
+			character: 7,
+			result: &protocol.Hover{
+				Contents: protocol.MarkupContent{
+					Kind:  protocol.MarkupKindMarkdown,
+					Value: "Specify the image to start the container from. Can be a repository/tag, a digest, or a local image ID.\n\nSchema: [compose-spec.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/master/schema/compose-spec.json)\n\n[Online documentation](https://docs.docker.com/reference/compose-file/services/#image)",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "hovering over an invalid extends object with invalid attribute",
 			content: `
@@ -873,6 +906,31 @@ services:
   backend:
     volumes:
       - db-data
+volumes:
+  db-data:
+    driver: custom`,
+			line:      4,
+			character: 12,
+			result: &protocol.Hover{
+				Contents: protocol.MarkupContent{
+					Kind: protocol.MarkupKindMarkdown,
+					Value: "```YAML\n" + `db-data:
+  driver: custom` +
+						"\n```",
+				},
+				Range: &protocol.Range{
+					Start: protocol.Position{Line: 4, Character: 8},
+					End:   protocol.Position{Line: 4, Character: 15},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "volumes hover as an array string with anchor definition",
+			content: `
+services:
+  backend:
+    volumes: &anchor
+      - db-data
 volumes:
   db-data:
     driver: custom`,
@@ -996,6 +1054,37 @@ services:
         volume:
           nocopy: true
           subpath: sub
+volumes:
+  db-data:
+    driver: custom`,
+			line:      6,
+			character: 20,
+			result: &protocol.Hover{
+				Contents: protocol.MarkupContent{
+					Kind: protocol.MarkupKindMarkdown,
+					Value: "```YAML\n" + `db-data:
+  driver: custom` +
+						"\n```",
+				},
+				Range: &protocol.Range{
+					Start: protocol.Position{Line: 6, Character: 16},
+					End:   protocol.Position{Line: 6, Character: 23},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "volumes hover as an array object with an object anchor at the top",
+			content: `
+services:
+  backend: &anchor
+    image: example/backend
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: db-data
+        target: /data
+        volume:
+          nocopy: true
+          subpath: sub
 volumes:
   db-data:
     driver: custom`,