diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 619c142..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-sudo: required
-dist: bionic
-
-python:
-  - 2.7
-  - 3.5
-  - 3.6
-  - 3.7
-  - 3.8
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - jq
-
-before_install:
-  - pip install --quiet --upgrade pip codecov
-
-install:
-  - make install
-
-script:
-  - make test
-
-after_success:
-  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
-
-sudo: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 56d6829..8888f91 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ lint: test_deps
 	./setup.py flake8
 
 test: test_deps lint
-	coverage run --source=$$(python setup.py --name) ./test/test.py
+	coverage run --source=$$(python setup.py --name) ./test/test.py -v
 
 init_docs:
 	cd docs; sphinx-quickstart
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3682173..c5eadba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -23,20 +23,77 @@ Like in ``jq``, you can also specify input filename(s) as arguments::
 
     yq .foo.bar input.yml
 
-By default, no conversion of ``jq`` output is done. Use the ``--yaml-output``/``-y`` argument to convert it back into YAML::
+By default, no conversion of ``jq`` output is done. Use the ``--yaml-output``/``-y`` option to convert it back into YAML::
 
     cat input.yml | yq -y .foo.bar
 
-Use the ``--width``/``-w`` argument to pass the line wrap width for string literals. All other command line arguments are
-forwarded to ``jq``. ``yq`` forwards the exit code ``jq`` produced, unless there was an error in YAML parsing, in which case
-the exit code is 1. See the `jq manual <https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/>`_ for more details on ``jq`` features and
-options.
+Mapping key order is preserved. By default, YAML `tags <http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2764295>`_ and
+`styles <https://yaml.org/spec/current.html#id2509255>`_ in the input are ignored. Use the ``--yaml-roundtrip``/``-Y``
+option to preserve YAML tags and styles by representing them as extra items in their enclosing mappings and sequences
+while in JSON::
 
-YAML `tags <http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2764295>`_ in the input are ignored (any nested data is treated as
-untagged). Key order is preserved.
+    yq -Y .foo.bar input.yml
+
+Use the ``--width``/``-w`` option to pass the line wrap width for string literals. All other command line arguments
+are forwarded to ``jq``. ``yq`` forwards the exit code ``jq`` produced, unless there was an error in YAML parsing,
+in which case the exit code is 1. See the `jq manual <https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/>`_ for more details on
+``jq`` features and options.
 
 Because YAML treats JSON as a dialect of YAML, you can use yq to convert JSON to YAML: ``yq -y . < in.json > out.yml``.
 
+The ``-Y`` option
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``-Y`` option injects extra mapping pairs and sequence elements into your document if custom tags or styles are
+found. For exmaple, consider the following document (an `AWS CloudFormation <https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/>`_
+template fragment)::
+
+    Resources:
+      ElasticLoadBalancer:
+        Type: 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer'
+        Properties:
+          AvailabilityZones: !GetAZs ''
+          Instances:
+            - !Ref Ec2Instance1
+            - !Ref Ec2Instance2
+          Description: >-
+            Load balancer for Big Important Service.
+
+            Good thing it's managed by this template.
+
+Passing this document through ``yq -y .Resources.ElasticLoadBalancer`` will drop custom tags, such as ``!Ref``,
+and styles, such as the `folded <https://yaml-multiline.info/>`_ style of the ``Description`` field::
+
+    Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer
+    Properties:
+      AvailabilityZones: ''
+      Instances:
+        - Ec2Instance1
+        - Ec2Instance2
+      Description: 'Load balancer for Big Important Service.
+
+        Good thing it''s managed by this template.'
+
+By contrast, passing it through ``yq -Y .Resources.ElasticLoadBalancer`` will preserve tags and styles::
+
+    Type: 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer'
+    Properties:
+      AvailabilityZones: !GetAZs ''
+      Instances:
+        - !Ref 'Ec2Instance1'
+        - !Ref 'Ec2Instance2'
+      Description: >-
+        Load balancer for Big Important Service.
+
+        Good thing it's managed by this template.
+
+.. warning ::
+
+ The ``-Y`` option is incompatible with jq filters that do not expect the extra information injected into the document
+ to preserve the YAML formatting. For example, a jq filter that counts entries in the Instances array will come up with
+ 4 entries instead of 2. A filter that expects all array entries to be mappings may break due to the presence of string
+ metadata keys. You may need to check your jq filter for compatibility/semantic validity when using the ``-Y`` option.
+
 XML support
 -----------
 ``yq`` also supports XML. The ``yq`` package installs an executable, ``xq``, which
diff --git a/yq/__init__.py b/yq/__init__.py
index a33cce1..1dbc99b 100755
--- a/yq/__init__.py
+++ b/yq/__init__.py
@@ -13,26 +13,11 @@ from datetime import datetime, date, time
 
 import yaml
 
-from .version import __version__
-
-class Parser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
-    def print_help(self):
-        yq_help = argparse.ArgumentParser.format_help(self).splitlines()
-        print("\n".join(["usage: yq [options] <jq filter> [YAML file...]"] + yq_help[1:] + [""]))
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_call(["jq", "--help"])
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-class OrderedLoader(yaml.SafeLoader):
-    pass
-
-class OrderedIndentlessDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
-    pass
-
-class OrderedDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
-    def increase_indent(self, flow=False, indentless=False):
-        return super(OrderedDumper, self).increase_indent(flow, False)
+from .compat import USING_PYTHON2
+from .parser import get_parser, jq_arg_spec
+from .loader import get_loader
+from .dumper import get_dumper
+from .version import __version__  # noqa
 
 class JSONDateTimeEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, o):
@@ -40,87 +25,12 @@ class JSONDateTimeEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
             return o.isoformat()
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
 
-def construct_mapping(loader, node):
-    loader.flatten_mapping(node)
-    return OrderedDict(loader.construct_pairs(node))
-
-def represent_dict_order(dumper, data):
-    return dumper.represent_mapping("tag:yaml.org,2002:map", data.items())
-
 def decode_docs(jq_output, json_decoder):
     while jq_output:
         doc, pos = json_decoder.raw_decode(jq_output)
         jq_output = jq_output[pos + 1:]
         yield doc
 
-def parse_unknown_tags(loader, tag_suffix, node):
-    if isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode):
-        return loader.construct_scalar(node)
-    elif isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.SequenceNode):
-        return loader.construct_sequence(node)
-    elif isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.MappingNode):
-        return construct_mapping(loader, node)
-
-OrderedLoader.add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG, construct_mapping)
-OrderedLoader.add_multi_constructor('', parse_unknown_tags)
-
-for dumper in OrderedIndentlessDumper, OrderedDumper:
-    dumper.add_representer(OrderedDict, represent_dict_order)
-
-# jq arguments that consume positionals must be listed here to avoid our parser mistaking them for our positionals
-jq_arg_spec = {"--indent": 1, "-f": 1, "--from-file": 1, "-L": 1, "--arg": 2, "--argjson": 2, "--slurpfile": 2,
-               "--argfile": 2, "--rawfile": 2, "--args": argparse.REMAINDER, "--jsonargs": argparse.REMAINDER}
-
-# Detection for Python 2
-USING_PYTHON2 = True if sys.version_info < (3, 0) else False
-
-def get_parser(program_name):
-    # By default suppress these help strings and only enable them in the specific programs.
-    yaml_output_help, width_help, indentless_help = argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS
-    xml_output_help, xml_dtd_help, xml_root_help = argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS
-    toml_output_help = argparse.SUPPRESS
-
-    if program_name == "yq":
-        current_language = "YAML"
-        yaml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into YAML and emit it"
-        width_help = "When using --yaml-output, specify string wrap width"
-        indentless_help = 'When using --yaml-output, indent block style lists (sequences) with 0 spaces instead of 2'
-    elif program_name == "xq":
-        current_language = "XML"
-        xml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into XML and emit it"
-        xml_dtd_help = "Preserve XML Document Type Definition (disables streaming of multiple docs)"
-        xml_root_help = "When transcoding back to XML, envelope the output in an element with this name"
-    elif program_name == "tq":
-        current_language = "TOML"
-        toml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into TOML and emit it"
-    else:
-        raise Exception("Unknown program name")
-
-    description = __doc__.replace("yq", program_name).replace("YAML", current_language)
-    parser_args = dict(prog=program_name, description=description, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
-        parser_args.update(allow_abbrev=False)  # required to disambiguate options listed in jq_arg_spec
-    parser = Parser(**parser_args)
-    parser.add_argument("--output-format", default="json", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-    parser.add_argument("--yaml-output", "--yml-output", "-y", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="yaml",
-                        help=yaml_output_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--width", "-w", type=int, help=width_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--indentless-lists", "--indentless", action="store_true", help=indentless_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--xml-output", "-x", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="xml",
-                        help=xml_output_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--xml-dtd", action="store_true", help=xml_dtd_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--xml-root", help=xml_root_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--toml-output", "-t", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="toml",
-                        help=toml_output_help)
-    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s {version}".format(version=__version__))
-
-    for arg in jq_arg_spec:
-        parser.add_argument(arg, nargs=jq_arg_spec[arg], dest=arg, action="append", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-
-    parser.add_argument("jq_filter")
-    parser.add_argument("input_streams", nargs="*", type=argparse.FileType(), metavar="files", default=[sys.stdin])
-    return parser
-
 def xq_cli():
     cli(input_format="xml", program_name="xq")
 
@@ -128,16 +38,18 @@ def tq_cli():
     cli(input_format="toml", program_name="tq")
 
 def cli(args=None, input_format="yaml", program_name="yq"):
-    parser = get_parser(program_name)
+    parser = get_parser(program_name, __doc__)
     args, jq_args = parser.parse_known_args(args=args)
 
     for i, arg in enumerate(jq_args):
         if arg.startswith("-") and not arg.startswith("--"):
             if "y" in arg:
                 args.output_format = "yaml"
+            elif "Y" in arg:
+                args.output_format = "annotated_yaml"
             elif "x" in arg:
                 args.output_format = "xml"
-            jq_args[i] = arg.replace("x", "").replace("y", "")
+            jq_args[i] = arg.replace("x", "").replace("y", "").replace("Y", "")
         if args.output_format != "json":
             jq_args[i] = jq_args[i].replace("C", "")
             if jq_args[i] == "-":
@@ -170,8 +82,8 @@ def cli(args=None, input_format="yaml", program_name="yq"):
     yq(input_format=input_format, program_name=program_name, jq_args=jq_args, **vars(args))
 
 def yq(input_streams=None, output_stream=None, input_format="yaml", output_format="json",
-       program_name="yq", width=None, indentless_lists=False, xml_root=None, xml_dtd=False, jq_args=frozenset(),
-       exit_func=None):
+       program_name="yq", width=None, indentless_lists=False, xml_root=None, xml_dtd=False,
+       jq_args=frozenset(), exit_func=None):
     if not input_streams:
         input_streams = [sys.stdin]
     if not output_stream:
@@ -195,10 +107,12 @@ def yq(input_streams=None, output_stream=None, input_format="yaml", output_forma
             # TODO: enable true streaming in this branch (with asyncio, asyncproc, a multi-shot variant of
             # subprocess.Popen._communicate, etc.)
             # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/375427/non-blocking-read-on-a-subprocess-pipe-in-python
+            use_annotations = True if output_format == "annotated_yaml" else False
             input_docs = []
             for input_stream in input_streams:
                 if input_format == "yaml":
-                    input_docs.extend(yaml.load_all(input_stream, Loader=OrderedLoader))
+                    loader = get_loader(use_annotations=use_annotations)
+                    input_docs.extend(yaml.load_all(input_stream, Loader=loader))
                 elif input_format == "xml":
                     import xmltodict
                     input_docs.append(xmltodict.parse(input_stream.read(), disable_entities=True))
@@ -210,9 +124,9 @@ def yq(input_streams=None, output_stream=None, input_format="yaml", output_forma
             input_payload = "\n".join(json.dumps(doc, cls=JSONDateTimeEncoder) for doc in input_docs)
             jq_out, jq_err = jq.communicate(input_payload)
             json_decoder = json.JSONDecoder(object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
-            if output_format == "yaml":
-                dumper_class = OrderedIndentlessDumper if indentless_lists else OrderedDumper
-                yaml.dump_all(decode_docs(jq_out, json_decoder), stream=output_stream, Dumper=dumper_class,
+            if output_format == "yaml" or output_format == "annotated_yaml":
+                yaml.dump_all(decode_docs(jq_out, json_decoder), stream=output_stream,
+                              Dumper=get_dumper(use_annotations=use_annotations, indentless=indentless_lists),
                               width=width, allow_unicode=True, default_flow_style=False)
             elif output_format == "xml":
                 import xmltodict
@@ -249,8 +163,9 @@ def yq(input_streams=None, output_stream=None, input_format="yaml", output_forma
                         toml.dump(doc, output_stream)
         else:
             if input_format == "yaml":
+                loader = get_loader(use_annotations=False)
                 for input_stream in input_streams:
-                    for doc in yaml.load_all(input_stream, Loader=OrderedLoader):
+                    for doc in yaml.load_all(input_stream, Loader=loader):
                         json.dump(doc, jq.stdin, cls=JSONDateTimeEncoder)
                         jq.stdin.write("\n")
             elif input_format == "xml":
diff --git a/yq/compat.py b/yq/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5649909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yq/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import sys
+
+USING_PYTHON2 = True if sys.version_info < (3, 0) else False
+
+if USING_PYTHON2:
+    str = unicode  # noqa
+else:
+    str = str
diff --git a/yq/dumper.py b/yq/dumper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01c1713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yq/dumper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import re
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+import yaml
+
+from .compat import str
+from .loader import hash_key
+
+class OrderedIndentlessDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
+    pass
+
+class OrderedDumper(yaml.SafeDumper):
+    def increase_indent(self, flow=False, indentless=False):
+        return super(OrderedDumper, self).increase_indent(flow, False)
+
+yaml_value_annotation_re = re.compile(r"^__yq_(?P<type>tag|style)_(?P<key>.+)__$")
+yaml_item_annotation_re = re.compile(r"^__yq_(?P<type>tag|style)_(?P<key>\d+)_(?P<value>.+)__$")
+
+def get_dumper(use_annotations=False, indentless=False):
+    def represent_dict_order(dumper, data):
+        pairs, custom_styles, custom_tags = [], {}, {}
+        for k, v in data.items():
+            if use_annotations and isinstance(k, str):
+                value_annotation = yaml_value_annotation_re.match(k)
+                if value_annotation and value_annotation.group("type") == "style":
+                    custom_styles[value_annotation.group("key")] = v
+                    continue
+                elif value_annotation and value_annotation.group("type") == "tag":
+                    custom_tags[value_annotation.group("key")] = v
+                    continue
+            pairs.append((k, v))
+        mapping = dumper.represent_mapping("tag:yaml.org,2002:map", pairs)
+        if use_annotations:
+            for k, v in mapping.value:
+                hashed_key = hash_key(k.value)
+                if hashed_key in custom_styles:
+                    if isinstance(v, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode):
+                        v.style = custom_styles[hashed_key]
+                    elif custom_styles[hashed_key] == "flow":
+                        v.flow_style = True
+                if hashed_key in custom_tags:
+                    v.tag = custom_tags[hashed_key]
+        return mapping
+
+    def represent_list(dumper, data):
+        raw_list, custom_styles, custom_tags = [], {}, {}
+        for v in data:
+            if use_annotations and isinstance(v, str):
+                annotation = yaml_item_annotation_re.match(v)
+                if annotation and annotation.group("type") == "style":
+                    custom_styles[annotation.group("key")] = annotation.group("value")
+                    continue
+                elif annotation and annotation.group("type") == "tag":
+                    custom_tags[annotation.group("key")] = annotation.group("value")
+                    continue
+            raw_list.append(v)
+        sequence = dumper.represent_list(raw_list)
+        if use_annotations:
+            for i, v in enumerate(sequence.value):
+                if str(i) in custom_styles:
+                    if isinstance(v, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode):
+                        v.style = custom_styles[str(i)]
+                    elif custom_styles[str(i)] == "flow":
+                        v.flow_style = True
+                if str(i) in custom_tags:
+                    v.tag = custom_tags[str(i)]
+        return sequence
+
+    dumper = OrderedIndentlessDumper if indentless else OrderedDumper
+    dumper.add_representer(OrderedDict, represent_dict_order)
+    dumper.add_representer(list, represent_list)
+    return dumper
diff --git a/yq/loader.py b/yq/loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9397c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yq/loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import yaml
+from base64 import b64encode
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from hashlib import sha224
+
+def hash_key(key):
+    return b64encode(sha224(key.encode()).digest()).decode()
+
+class OrderedLoader(yaml.SafeLoader):
+    pass
+
+def get_loader(use_annotations=False):
+    def construct_sequence(loader, node):
+        annotations = []
+        for i, v_node in enumerate(node.value):
+            if not use_annotations:
+                break
+            if v_node.tag and v_node.tag.startswith("!") and not v_node.tag.startswith("!!") and len(v_node.tag) > 1:
+                annotations.append("__yq_tag_{}_{}__".format(i, v_node.tag))
+            if isinstance(v_node, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode) and v_node.style:
+                annotations.append("__yq_style_{}_{}__".format(i, v_node.style))
+            elif isinstance(v_node, (yaml.nodes.SequenceNode, yaml.nodes.MappingNode)) and v_node.flow_style is True:
+                annotations.append("__yq_style_{}_{}__".format(i, "flow"))
+        return [loader.construct_object(i) for i in node.value] + annotations
+
+    def construct_mapping(loader, node):
+        loader.flatten_mapping(node)  # TODO: is this needed?
+        pairs = []
+        for k_node, v_node in node.value:
+            key = loader.construct_object(k_node)
+            value = loader.construct_object(v_node)
+            pairs.append((key, value))
+            if not use_annotations:
+                continue
+            if v_node.tag and v_node.tag.startswith("!") and not v_node.tag.startswith("!!") and len(v_node.tag) > 1:
+                pairs.append(("__yq_tag_{}__".format(hash_key(key)), v_node.tag))
+            if isinstance(v_node, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode) and v_node.style:
+                pairs.append(("__yq_style_{}__".format(hash_key(key)), v_node.style))
+            elif isinstance(v_node, (yaml.nodes.SequenceNode, yaml.nodes.MappingNode)) and v_node.flow_style is True:
+                pairs.append(("__yq_style_{}__".format(hash_key(key)), "flow"))
+        return OrderedDict(pairs)
+
+    def parse_unknown_tags(loader, tag_suffix, node):
+        if isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.ScalarNode):
+            return loader.construct_scalar(node)
+        elif isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.SequenceNode):
+            return construct_sequence(loader, node)
+        elif isinstance(node, yaml.nodes.MappingNode):
+            return construct_mapping(loader, node)
+
+    OrderedLoader.add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG, construct_mapping)
+    OrderedLoader.add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_SEQUENCE_TAG, construct_sequence)
+    OrderedLoader.add_multi_constructor('', parse_unknown_tags)
+    return OrderedLoader
diff --git a/yq/parser.py b/yq/parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..765a35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yq/parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import sys, argparse, subprocess
+
+from .version import __version__
+
+# jq arguments that consume positionals must be listed here to avoid our parser mistaking them for our positionals
+jq_arg_spec = {"--indent": 1, "-f": 1, "--from-file": 1, "-L": 1, "--arg": 2, "--argjson": 2, "--slurpfile": 2,
+               "--argfile": 2, "--rawfile": 2, "--args": argparse.REMAINDER, "--jsonargs": argparse.REMAINDER}
+
+class Parser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    def print_help(self):
+        yq_help = argparse.ArgumentParser.format_help(self).splitlines()
+        print("\n".join(["usage: yq [options] <jq filter> [YAML file...]"] + yq_help[1:] + [""]))
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_call(["jq", "--help"])
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+def get_parser(program_name, description):
+    # By default suppress these help strings and only enable them in the specific programs.
+    yaml_output_help, yaml_roundtrip_help, width_help, indentless_help = (argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS,
+                                                                          argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    xml_output_help, xml_dtd_help, xml_root_help = argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS, argparse.SUPPRESS
+    toml_output_help = argparse.SUPPRESS
+
+    if program_name == "yq":
+        current_language = "YAML"
+        yaml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into YAML and emit it"
+        yaml_roundtrip_help = """Transcode jq JSON output back into YAML and emit it.
+Preserve YAML tags and styles by representing them as extra items
+in their enclosing mappings and sequences while in JSON. This option
+is incompatible with jq filters that do not expect these extra items."""
+        width_help = "When using --yaml-output, specify string wrap width"
+        indentless_help = """When using --yaml-output, indent block style lists (sequences)
+with 0 spaces instead of 2"""
+    elif program_name == "xq":
+        current_language = "XML"
+        xml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into XML and emit it"
+        xml_dtd_help = "Preserve XML Document Type Definition (disables streaming of multiple docs)"
+        xml_root_help = "When transcoding back to XML, envelope the output in an element with this name"
+    elif program_name == "tq":
+        current_language = "TOML"
+        toml_output_help = "Transcode jq JSON output back into TOML and emit it"
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Unknown program name")
+
+    description = description.replace("yq", program_name).replace("YAML", current_language)
+    parser_args = dict(prog=program_name, description=description, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+        parser_args.update(allow_abbrev=False)  # required to disambiguate options listed in jq_arg_spec
+    parser = Parser(**parser_args)
+    parser.add_argument("--output-format", default="json", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    parser.add_argument("--yaml-output", "--yml-output", "-y", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="yaml",
+                        help=yaml_output_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--yaml-roundtrip", "--yml-roundtrip", "-Y", dest="output_format", action="store_const",
+                        const="annotated_yaml", help=yaml_roundtrip_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--width", "-w", type=int, help=width_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--indentless-lists", "--indentless", action="store_true", help=indentless_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--xml-output", "-x", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="xml",
+                        help=xml_output_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--xml-dtd", action="store_true", help=xml_dtd_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--xml-root", help=xml_root_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--toml-output", "-t", dest="output_format", action="store_const", const="toml",
+                        help=toml_output_help)
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s {version}".format(version=__version__))
+
+    for arg in jq_arg_spec:
+        parser.add_argument(arg, nargs=jq_arg_spec[arg], dest=arg, action="append", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+
+    parser.add_argument("jq_filter")
+    parser.add_argument("input_streams", nargs="*", type=argparse.FileType(), metavar="files", default=[sys.stdin])
+    return parser

Support tags/custom data types
yq strips out custom data types (in this example the `!vault ` one:

```
❯ cat ansible-vault-example.yml
borgbackup_passphrase: !vault |
          $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
          33656436623938303062646533303361383266653334343037306663353134393833313332386638
          3430326439376531666339343231653536623236323930640a666466336462323139396334633638
          37356336303633626537343133626436633134366562353564616632386463646131613533646462
          3333666233373330370a313164353238383336616433386436383738303464366461636337636166
          63633864373863373230623733613861623463306130343638353965306339326235

❯ yq . < ansible-vault-example.yml
{
  "borgbackup_passphrase": "$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256\n33656436623938303062646533303361383266653334343037306663353134393833313332386638\n3430326439376531666339343231653536623236323930640a666466336462323139396334633638\n37356336303633626537343133626436633134366562353564616632386463646131613533646462\n3333666233373330370a313164353238383336616433386436383738303464366461636337636166\n63633864373863373230623733613861623463306130343638353965306339326235\n"
}

❯ yq -y . < ansible-vault-example.yml
borgbackup_passphrase: '$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256

  33656436623938303062646533303361383266653334343037306663353134393833313332386638

  3430326439376531666339343231653536623236323930640a666466336462323139396334633638

  37356336303633626537343133626436633134366562353564616632386463646131613533646462

  3333666233373330370a313164353238383336616433386436383738303464366461636337636166

  63633864373863373230623733613861623463306130343638353965306339326235
```

This seems to be a common bug in many cli yaml parsers, see also

* [shyaml](https://github.com/0k/shyaml/issues/40)
* [yq-go](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/172) is using `go-yaml`, and the
  bug is still open in [go-yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/191)
* [yaml-cli](https://github.com/pandastrike/yaml-cli/issues/28)

diff --git a/test/cfn.yaml b/test/cfn.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..393ed3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cfn.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
+Metadata:
+  License: Apache-2.0
+Description: 'AWS CloudFormation Sample Template S3_Website_With_CloudFront_Distribution:
+  Sample template showing how to create a website with a custom DNS name, hosted on
+  Amazon S3 and served via Amazone CloudFront. It assumes you already have a Hosted
+  Zone registered with Amazon Route 53. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon
+  Route 53 DNS record, an S3 bucket and a CloudFront distribution. You will be billed
+  for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.'
+Parameters:
+  HostedZone:
+    Type: String
+    Description: The DNS name of an existing Amazon Route 53 hosted zone
+    AllowedPattern: (?!-)[a-zA-Z0-9-.]{1,63}(?<!-)
+    ConstraintDescription: must be a valid DNS zone name.
+Mappings:
+  Region2S3WebsiteSuffix:
+    us-east-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+    us-west-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com
+    us-west-2:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+    eu-west-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
+    ap-northeast-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com
+    ap-northeast-2:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com
+    ap-southeast-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
+    ap-southeast-2:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com
+    ap-south-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
+    us-east-2:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-us-east-2.amazonaws.com
+    sa-east-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website-sa-east-1.amazonaws.com
+    cn-north-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn
+    eu-central-1:
+      Suffix: .s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
+Resources:
+  S3BucketForWebsiteContent:
+    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
+    Properties:
+      AccessControl: PublicRead
+      WebsiteConfiguration:
+        IndexDocument: index.html
+        ErrorDocument: error.html
+  WebsiteCDN:
+    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
+    Properties:
+      DistributionConfig:
+        Comment: CDN for S3-backed website
+        Aliases:
+          - !Join ['', [!Ref 'AWS::StackName', !Ref 'AWS::AccountId', ., !Ref 'AWS::Region',
+              ., !Ref 'HostedZone']]
+        Enabled: 'true'
+        DefaultCacheBehavior:
+          ForwardedValues:
+            QueryString: 'true'
+          TargetOriginId: only-origin
+          ViewerProtocolPolicy: allow-all
+        DefaultRootObject: index.html
+        Origins:
+          - CustomOriginConfig:
+              HTTPPort: '80'
+              HTTPSPort: '443'
+              OriginProtocolPolicy: http-only
+            DomainName: !Join ['', [!Ref 'S3BucketForWebsiteContent', !FindInMap [
+                  Region2S3WebsiteSuffix, !Ref 'AWS::Region', Suffix]]]
+            Id: only-origin
+  WebsiteDNSName:
+    Type: AWS::Route53::RecordSet
+    Properties:
+      HostedZoneName: !Join ['', [!Ref 'HostedZone', .]]
+      Comment: CNAME redirect custom name to CloudFront distribution
+      Name: !Join ['', [!Ref 'AWS::StackName', !Ref 'AWS::AccountId', ., !Ref 'AWS::Region',
+          ., !Ref 'HostedZone']]
+      Type: CNAME
+      TTL: '900'
+      ResourceRecords:
+        - !GetAtt [WebsiteCDN, DomainName]
+Outputs:
+  WebsiteURL:
+    Value: !Join ['', ['http://', !Ref 'WebsiteDNSName']]
+    Description: The URL of the newly created website
+  BucketName:
+    Value: !Ref 'S3BucketForWebsiteContent'
+    Description: Name of S3 bucket to hold website content
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index 0cc8163..379a2a6 100755
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mapping-orange:
 """
 
 class TestYq(unittest.TestCase):
+    maxDiff = None
     def run_yq(self, input_data, args, expect_exit_codes={os.EX_OK}, input_format="yaml"):
         stdin, stdout = sys.stdin, sys.stdout
         try:
@@ -131,6 +132,11 @@ class TestYq(unittest.TestCase):
             tf.seek(0)
             self.assertEqual(self.run_yq("", ["-y", ".xyz.foo", self.fd_path(tf)]), 'bar\n...\n')
 
+    def test_roundtrip_yaml(self):
+        cfn_filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "cfn.yaml")
+        with io.open(cfn_filename) as fh:
+            self.assertEqual(self.run_yq("", ["-Y", ".", cfn_filename]), fh.read())
+
     @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_times(self):
         """

pip install -e .[test,toml]
parse_log_pytest
pytest
coverage flake8 wheel pytest
apt-get update apt-get install -y jq
3.6
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
attrs @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/attrs_1642510447205/work
certifi==2021.5.30
coverage==6.2
flake8==5.0.4
importlib-metadata==4.2.0
iniconfig @ file:///home/linux1/recipes/ci/iniconfig_1610983019677/work
mccabe==0.7.0
more-itertools @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/more-itertools_1637733554872/work
packaging @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/packaging_1637314298585/work
pluggy @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/pluggy_1615976315926/work
py @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/py_1644396412707/work
pycodestyle==2.9.1
pyflakes==2.5.0
pyparsing @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/pyparsing_1635766073266/work
pytest==6.2.4
PyYAML==6.0.1
toml @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/toml_1616166611790/work
typing_extensions @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/typing_extensions_1647553014482/work
xmltodict==0.14.2
-e git+https://github.com/kislyuk/yq.git@1eb5432eb3a85ede1c8f1fab9c69b2b91f5d05fd#egg=yq
zipp @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/zipp_1633618647012/work

name: yq
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - attrs=21.4.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - importlib_metadata=4.8.1=hd3eb1b0_0
  - iniconfig=1.1.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - more-itertools=8.12.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - packaging=21.3=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - pluggy=0.13.1=py36h06a4308_0
  - py=1.11.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pyparsing=3.0.4=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pytest=6.2.4=py36h06a4308_2
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - toml=0.10.2=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - typing_extensions=4.1.1=pyh06a4308_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zipp=3.6.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - coverage==6.2
      - flake8==5.0.4
      - importlib-metadata==4.2.0
      - mccabe==0.7.0
      - pycodestyle==2.9.1
      - pyflakes==2.5.0
      - pyyaml==6.0.1
      - xmltodict==0.14.2
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/yq

test/test.py::TestYq::test_roundtrip_yaml
test/test.py::TestYq::test_datetimes
test/test.py::TestYq::test_abbrev_opt_collisions test/test.py::TestYq::test_jq16_arg_passthrough test/test.py::TestYq::test_multidocs test/test.py::TestYq::test_short_option_separation test/test.py::TestYq::test_tq test/test.py::TestYq::test_unrecognized_tags test/test.py::TestYq::test_xq test/test.py::TestYq::test_xq_dtd test/test.py::TestYq::test_yq test/test.py::TestYq::test_yq_arg_passthrough test/test.py::TestYq::test_yq_err
README.rst Makefile yq/compat.py yq/loader.py .travis.yml yq/dumper.py yq/__init__.py yq/parser.py
README.rst Makefile yq/compat.py yq/loader.py .travis.yml yq/dumper.py yq/__init__.py yq/parser.py