skip expansion for validate vsa

Author: joejstuart

cmd/validate/vsa.go

@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ func validateVSACmd(validate vsaValidationFunc) *cobra.Command {
 
 			// Determine input spec from various sources (image, images, etc.)
 			if data.imageRef != "" || data.images != "" {
-				if s, _, err := applicationsnapshot.DetermineInputSpec(ctx, applicationsnapshot.Input{
+				if s, _, err := applicationsnapshot.DetermineInputSpecWithExpansion(ctx, applicationsnapshot.Input{
 					Image:  data.imageRef,
 					Images: data.images,
-				}); err != nil {
+				}, true); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("determine input spec: %w", err)
 				} else {
 					data.spec = s
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ func validateVSAFile(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, data struct {
 
 	// Parse VSA content to extract image reference
 	predicate, err := vsa.ParseVSAContent(vsaContent)
+	fmt.Printf("VSA predicate: %+v\n", predicate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse VSA content: %w", err)
 	}

internal/applicationsnapshot/input.go

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ func (s *snapshot) merge(snap app.SnapshotSpec) {
 }
 
 func DetermineInputSpec(ctx context.Context, input Input) (*app.SnapshotSpec, *ExpansionInfo, error) {
+	return DetermineInputSpecWithExpansion(ctx, input, false)
+}
+
+func DetermineInputSpecWithExpansion(ctx context.Context, input Input, skipExpansion bool) (*app.SnapshotSpec, *ExpansionInfo, error) {
 	var snapshot snapshot
 	provided := false
 
@@ -173,11 +177,16 @@ func DetermineInputSpec(ctx context.Context, input Input) (*app.SnapshotSpec, *E
 		log.Debug("No application snapshot available")
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("neither Snapshot nor image reference provided to validate")
 	}
-	exp := expandImageIndex(ctx, &snapshot.SnapshotSpec)
+	var exp *ExpansionInfo
+	if !skipExpansion {
+		exp = expandImageIndex(ctx, &snapshot.SnapshotSpec)
+	}
 
 	// Store expansion info in the snapshot for later use
 	// This will be used when building the Report
-	snapshot.Expansion = exp
+	if exp != nil {
+		snapshot.Expansion = exp
+	}
 
 	return &snapshot.SnapshotSpec, exp, nil
 }