add validator

Author: misiokles

.github/validate_json.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from pprint import pprint
+
+# VCMI supports JSON with comments, but not JSON5
+import jstyleson 
+
+validation_failed = False
+
+for path in sorted(Path(".").glob("**/*.json"), key=lambda path: str(path).lower()):
+    # because path is an object and not a string
+    path_str = str(path)
+    if path_str.startswith("."):
+        continue
+
+    try:
+        with open(path_str, "r") as file:
+            jstyleson.load(file)
+        print(f"✅ {path_str}")
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f"❌ {path_str}: {exc}")
+        validation_failed = True
+
+if validation_failed:
+    sys.exit(1)

.github/workflows/github.yml

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+name: Mod Validation
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'vcmi-*'
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:
+  validate-json:
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+        - name: Checkout repository
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+        - name: Install jstyleson
+          run: sudo apt install python3-jstyleson
+
+        - name: Validate JSON
+          run: python3 .github/validate_json.py
+