Do I need quotes for strings containing forward slash / in YAML?

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I have read the answer to this similar question: Do I need quotes for strings in YAML?

However, there was no answer for whether we can escape quotes with strings containing forward slashes /.

For example, do we need to add quotes to the following eslint rule 'react/no-deprecated': off?

Did you try experimenting - what if you remove them? Parsing fail? Rule doesn't get applied? — jonrsharpe, Dec 02 '19 at 12:55
Yes so when I remove the quotes the rule doesn't get applied, but it seems there is no syntax error in YAML — mancristiana, Dec 02 '19 at 13:06

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '19 at 13:09

No, / is not a special character in YAML. YAML allows the escape sequence \/ in double-quoted scalars to resolve to / for JSON compatibility, but there is no requirement to use this escape sequence and no requirement to use quotes at all to use / as content character.

Do I need quotes for strings containing forward slash / in YAML?

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