Fix decode when a template syntax issue is found (#327)

aws-cloudformation · Sep 6, 2018 · 544e1fa · 544e1fa
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diff --git a/src/cfnlint/decode/__init__.py b/src/cfnlint/decode/__init__.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def decode(filename, ignore_bad_template):
         else:
             matches = [create_match_yaml_parser_error(err, filename)]
 
-    if not isinstance(template, dict):
+    if not isinstance(template, dict) and not matches:
         # Template isn't a dict which means nearly nothing will work
         matches = [cfnlint.Match(1, 1, 1, 1, filename, cfnlint.ParseError(), message='Template needs to be an object.')]
     return (template, matches)