Merge pull request nf-core#3680 from nf-core/crossorg_yaml_validation

Validation of meta.yaml in cross-org repos

Author: mirpedrol

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - don't read param expressions with spaces as params ([#3674](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3674))
 - Update marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment digest to 7737449 ([#3681](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3681))
+- Validation of meta.yaml in cross-org repos ([#3680](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3680))
 
 ## [v3.3.2 - Tungsten Tamarin Patch 2](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.3.2) - [2025-07-08]
 

nf_core/subworkflows/lint/meta_yml.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def meta_yml(subworkflow_lint_object, subworkflow, allow_missing: bool = False):
         # join included modules and included subworkflows in a single list
         included_components_names = [component["name"] for component in included_components]
         if "components" in meta_yaml:
-            meta_components = [x for x in meta_yaml["components"]]
+            meta_components = [x if isinstance(x, str) else list(x)[0] for x in meta_yaml["components"]]
             for component in set(included_components_names):
                 if component in meta_components:
                     subworkflow.passed.append(