diff --git a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
index 76c57a49..b1f61a0d 100755
--- a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ function BuildFileList() {
   for FILE in "${RAW_FILE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
     # Get the file extension
     FILE_TYPE="$(GetFileExtension "$FILE")"
-    # Get the name of the file (lowercase) and the containing directory path
-    BASE_FILE=$(basename "${FILE,,}")
+    # We want a lowercase value
+    local -l BASE_FILE
+    # Get the name of the file and the containing directory path
+    BASE_FILE=$(basename "${FILE}")
     FILE_DIR_NAME="$(dirname "${FILE}")"
 
     debug "FILE: ${FILE}, FILE_TYPE: ${FILE_TYPE}, BASE_FILE: ${BASE_FILE}, FILE_DIR_NAME: ${FILE_DIR_NAME}"
diff --git a/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh b/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
index 947618cc..e8889dd0 100755
--- a/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh
@@ -196,15 +196,10 @@ function CheckFileType() {
 
 function GetFileExtension() {
   FILE="$1"
-
-  ###########################
-  # Get the files extension #
-  ###########################
-  # Extract just the file extension
+  # We want a lowercase value
+  local -l FILE_TYPE
+  # Extract the file extension
   FILE_TYPE=${FILE##*.}
-  # To lowercase
-  FILE_TYPE=${FILE_TYPE,,}
-
   echo "$FILE_TYPE"
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/functions/validation.sh b/lib/functions/validation.sh
index db7a9c0a..ed424a1a 100755
--- a/lib/functions/validation.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/validation.sh
@@ -1,64 +1,60 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+function ValidateBooleanConfigurationVariables() {
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG" "${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "CREATE_LOG_FILE" "${CREATE_LOG_FILE}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "DISABLE_ERRORS" "${DISABLE_ERRORS}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE" "${ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES" "${IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES" "${IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "MULTI_STATUS" "${MULTI_STATUS}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "RUN_LOCAL" "${RUN_LOCAL}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY" "${SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "SSH_SETUP_GITHUB" "${SSH_SETUP_GITHUB}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN" "${SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "SUPPRESS_POSSUM" "${SUPPRESS_POSSUM}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "USE_FIND_ALGORITHM" "${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "TEST_CASE_RUN" "${TEST_CASE_RUN}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE" "${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING" "${YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING}"
+  ValidateBooleanVariable "WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE" "${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE}"
+}
+
+function ValidateGitHubWorkspace() {
+  local GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+  GITHUB_WORKSPACE="${1}"
+  if [ -z "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" ]; then
+    fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -d "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" ]; then
+    fatal "The workspace (${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}) is not a directory!"
+  fi
+  info "Successfully validated GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+}
+
 function GetValidationInfo() {
-  ############################################
-  # Print headers for user provided env vars #
-  ############################################
   info "--------------------------------------------"
-  info "Gathering user validation information..."
+  info "Validating the configuration"
 
   if [[ "${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM}" == "true" ]] && [[ "${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE}" == "false" ]]; then
     fatal "Setting USE_FIND_ALGORITHM to true and VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE to false is not supported because super-linter relies on Git to validate changed files."
   fi
 
-  ###########################################
-  # Skip validation if were running locally #
-  ###########################################
-  if [[ ${RUN_LOCAL} != "true" ]]; then
-    ###############################
-    # Convert string to lowercase #
-    ###############################
-    VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE,,}"
-    ######################################
-    # Validate we should check all files #
-    ######################################
-    if [[ ${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE} != "false" ]]; then
-      # Set to true
-      VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="${DEFAULT_VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE}"
-      info "- Validating ALL files in code base..."
-    else
-      info "- Only validating [new], or [edited] files in code base..."
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  ######################
-  # Create Print Array #
-  ######################
-  PRINT_ARRAY=()
-
-  ################################
-  # Convert strings to lowercase #
-  ################################
-  # Loop through all languages
-  for LANGUAGE in "${LANGUAGE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    # build the variable
-    VALIDATE_LANGUAGE="VALIDATE_${LANGUAGE}"
-    # Set the value of the var to lowercase
-    eval "${VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}=${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE,,}"
-  done
-
   ################################################
   # Determine if any linters were explicitly set #
   ################################################
   ANY_SET="false"
   ANY_TRUE="false"
   ANY_FALSE="false"
-  # Loop through all languages
+
   for LANGUAGE in "${LANGUAGE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    # build the variable
+    local VALIDATE_LANGUAGE
     VALIDATE_LANGUAGE="VALIDATE_${LANGUAGE}"
-    # Check to see if the variable was set
+    debug "Set VALIDATE_LANGUAGE while validating the configuration: ${VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}"
     if [ -n "${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}" ]; then
+      # Validate if user provided a string representing a valid boolean
+      ValidateBooleanVariable "${VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}" "${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}"
       # It was set, need to set flag
       ANY_SET="true"
       if [ "${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}" == "true" ]; then
@@ -66,6 +62,8 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
       elif [ "${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}" == "false" ]; then
         ANY_FALSE="true"
       fi
+    else
+      debug "Configuration didn't provide a custom value for ${VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}"
     fi
   done
 
@@ -76,13 +74,10 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
   #########################################################
   # Validate if we should check/omit individual languages #
   #########################################################
-  # Loop through all languages
   for LANGUAGE in "${LANGUAGE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    # build the variable
+    local VALIDATE_LANGUAGE
     VALIDATE_LANGUAGE="VALIDATE_${LANGUAGE}"
-    # Check if ANY_SET was set
     if [[ ${ANY_SET} == "true" ]]; then
-      # Check to see if the variable was set
       if [ -z "${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE}" ]; then
         # Flag was not set, default to:
         # if ANY_TRUE then set to false
@@ -101,11 +96,10 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
   #######################################
   # Loop through all languages
   for LANGUAGE in "${LANGUAGE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    # build the variable
+    local VALIDATE_LANGUAGE
     VALIDATE_LANGUAGE="VALIDATE_${LANGUAGE}"
     if [[ ${!VALIDATE_LANGUAGE} == "true" ]]; then
-      # We need to validate
-      PRINT_ARRAY+=("- Validating [${LANGUAGE}] files in code base...")
+      debug "- Validating [${LANGUAGE}] files in code base..."
 
       debug "Defining variables for ${LANGUAGE} linter..."
 
@@ -115,8 +109,7 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
       debug "Exporting ${ERRORS_VARIABLE_NAME} variable..."
       eval "export ${ERRORS_VARIABLE_NAME}"
     else
-      # We are skipping the language
-      PRINT_ARRAY+=("- Excluding [$LANGUAGE] files in code base...")
+      debug "- Excluding [$LANGUAGE] files in code base..."
     fi
   done
 
@@ -147,65 +140,9 @@ function GetValidationInfo() {
     debug "Setting Ansible directory to: ${ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY}"
   fi
 
-  ###############################
-  # Get the disable errors flag #
-  ###############################
-  if [ -z "${DISABLE_ERRORS}" ]; then
-    ##################################
-    # No flag passed, set to default #
-    ##################################
-    DISABLE_ERRORS="${DEFAULT_DISABLE_ERRORS}"
-  fi
-
-  ###############################
-  # Convert string to lowercase #
-  ###############################
-  DISABLE_ERRORS="${DISABLE_ERRORS,,}"
-
-  ############################
-  # Set to false if not true #
-  ############################
-  if [ "${DISABLE_ERRORS}" != "true" ]; then
-    DISABLE_ERRORS="false"
-  fi
-
-  ############################
-  # Get the run verbose flag #
-  ############################
-  if [ -z "${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}" ]; then
-    ##################################
-    # No flag passed, set to default #
-    ##################################
-    ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${DEFAULT_ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}"
-  fi
-
-  ###############################
-  # Convert string to lowercase #
-  ###############################
-  ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG,,}"
-
-  ############################
-  # Set to true if not false #
-  ############################
-  if [ "${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}" != "false" ]; then
-    ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="true"
-  fi
-
-  ###########################
-  # Print the validate info #
-  ###########################
-  for LINE in "${PRINT_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    debug "${LINE}"
-  done
-
-  debug "--- DEBUG INFO ---"
-  debug "---------------------------------------------"
-  RUNNER=$(id -un 2>/dev/null)
-  debug "Runner:[${RUNNER}]"
-  PRINTENV=$(printenv | sort)
+  debug "Runner: $(id -un 2>/dev/null)"
   debug "ENV:"
-  debug "${PRINTENV}"
-  debug "---------------------------------------------"
+  debug "$(printenv | sort)"
 }
 
 function CheckIfGitBranchExists() {
@@ -220,6 +157,20 @@ function CheckIfGitBranchExists() {
   fi
 }
 
+function ValidateBooleanVariable() {
+  local VAR_NAME
+  VAR_NAME="${1}"
+
+  local VAR_VALUE
+  VAR_VALUE="${2}"
+
+  if [[ "${VAR_VALUE}" != "true" ]] && [[ "${VAR_VALUE}" != "false" ]]; then
+    fatal "Set ${VAR_NAME} to either true or false. It was set to: ${VAR_VALUE}"
+  else
+    debug "${VAR_NAME} has a valid boolean string value: ${VAR_VALUE}"
+  fi
+}
+
 function ValidateLocalGitRepository() {
   debug "Check if ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} is a Git repository"
   if ! git -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" rev-parse --git-dir; then
diff --git a/lib/functions/worker.sh b/lib/functions/worker.sh
index a96ccc01..af807f87 100755
--- a/lib/functions/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/worker.sh
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ function LintCodebase() {
     for FILE in "${LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
       debug "Linting FILE: ${FILE}"
 
-      local INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER
+      # We want a lowercase value
+      local -l INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER
       # Folder for specific tests. By convention, it's the lowercased FILE_TYPE
-      INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER="${FILE_TYPE,,}"
+      INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER="${FILE_TYPE}"
       debug "INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER for ${FILE}: ${INDIVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER}"
 
       local TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 26c864a8..d4b8f5c6 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 # Debug Vars                                                     #
 # Define these early, so we can use debug logging ASAP if needed #
 ##################################################################
-ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG:-false}" # Boolean to see even more info (debug)
-IMAGE="${IMAGE:-standard}"                            # Version of the Super-linter (standard,slim,etc)
+declare -l ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG
+ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG:-"false"}" # Boolean to see even more info (debug)
+IMAGE="${IMAGE:-standard}"                              # Version of the Super-linter (standard,slim,etc)
 
 ##################################################################
 # Log Vars                                                       #
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ IMAGE="${IMAGE:-standard}"                            # Version of the Super-lin
 ##################################################################
 LOG_FILE="${LOG_FILE:-"super-linter.log"}" # Default log file name (located in GITHUB_WORKSPACE folder)
 LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-VERBOSE}"          # Default log level (VERBOSE, DEBUG, TRACE)
+declare -l CREATE_LOG_FILE
 CREATE_LOG_FILE="${CREATE_LOG_FILE:-"false"}"
-export CREATE_LOG_FILE
 
 if [[ ${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG} == true ]]; then LOG_LEVEL="DEBUG"; fi
 # Boolean to see trace logs
@@ -60,15 +61,10 @@ source /action/lib/functions/setupSSH.sh # Source the function script(s)
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source /action/lib/functions/githubEvent.sh
 
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l RUN_LOCAL
 # Initialize RUN_LOCAL early because we need it for logging
-DEFAULT_RUN_LOCAL='false'
-
-if [ -z "${RUN_LOCAL}" ]; then
-  RUN_LOCAL="${DEFAULT_RUN_LOCAL}"
-fi
-
-# Convert string to lowercase
-RUN_LOCAL="${RUN_LOCAL,,}"
+RUN_LOCAL="${RUN_LOCAL:-"false"}"
 
 # Dynamically set the default behavior for GitHub Actions log markers because
 # we want to give users a chance to enable this even when running locally, but
@@ -84,37 +80,85 @@ ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE="${ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE:-"${DEFAU
 
 startGitHubActionsLogGroup "${SUPER_LINTER_INITIALIZATION_LOG_GROUP_TITLE}"
 
-debug "RUN_LOCAL: ${RUN_LOCAL}"
-debug "ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE: ${ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE}"
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l DISABLE_ERRORS
+DISABLE_ERRORS="${DISABLE_ERRORS:-"false"}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES
+# Do not ignore generated files by default for backwards compatibility
+IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES="${IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES
+IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES="${IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l MULTI_STATUS
+MULTI_STATUS="${MULTI_STATUS:-true}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY
+SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY="${SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l SSH_SETUP_GITHUB
+SSH_SETUP_GITHUB="${SSH_SETUP_GITHUB:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN
+SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN="${SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l SUPPRESS_POSSUM
+SUPPRESS_POSSUM="${SUPPRESS_POSSUM:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l TEST_CASE_RUN
+# Option to tell code to run only test cases
+TEST_CASE_RUN="${TEST_CASE_RUN:-"false"}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l USE_FIND_ALGORITHM
+USE_FIND_ALGORITHM="${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM:-false}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE
+VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE:-"true"}"
+
+# We want a lowercase value
+declare -l YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING
+YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING="${YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING:-false}"
+
+declare -l WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE
+WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE="${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE:-"false"}"
+
+ValidateBooleanConfigurationVariables
 
 ###########
 # GLOBALS #
 ###########
+DEFAULT_BRANCH="${DEFAULT_BRANCH:-master}"
+DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION='/action/lib/.automation'                            # Default rules files location
+DEFAULT_SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE="/tmp/lint"                                  # Fall-back value for the workspace
+DEFAULT_WORKSPACE="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE:-${DEFAULT_SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}}" # Default workspace if running locally
+FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE="${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE:-""}"
+FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE="${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE:-""}"
 # GitHub API root url
-if [ -n "$GITHUB_CUSTOM_API_URL" ]; then
-  GITHUB_API_URL="${GITHUB_CUSTOM_API_URL}"
-elif [ -z "$GITHUB_API_URL" ]; then
-  GITHUB_API_URL="https://api.github.com"
-fi
+GITHUB_API_URL="${GITHUB_CUSTOM_API_URL:-"https://api.github.com"}"
 # Remove trailing slash if present
 GITHUB_API_URL="${GITHUB_API_URL%/}"
-
-# GitHub server url
-if [ -n "$GITHUB_DOMAIN" ]; then
-  GITHUB_SERVER_URL="${GITHUB_DOMAIN}"
-elif [ -z "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" ]; then
-  GITHUB_SERVER_URL="https://github.com"
-fi
+GITHUB_SERVER_URL="${GITHUB_DOMAIN:-"https://github.com"}"
 # Extract domain name from URL
 GITHUB_SERVER_URL=$(echo "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" | cut -d '/' -f 3)
-
-# Default Vars
-DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION='/action/lib/.automation'          # Default rules files location
+LINTED_LANGUAGES_ARRAY=()                                 # Will be filled at run time with all languages that were linted
 LINTER_RULES_PATH="${LINTER_RULES_PATH:-.github/linters}" # Linter rules directory
-VERSION_FILE='/action/lib/functions/linterVersions.txt'   # File to store linter versions
-export VERSION_FILE                                       # Workaround SC2034
-
-debug "CREATE_LOG_FILE: ${CREATE_LOG_FILE}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # Variable is referenced in other scripts
+RAW_FILE_ARRAY=() # Array of all files that were changed
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # Variable is referenced in other scripts
+TEST_CASE_FOLDER='test/linters' # Folder for test cases we should always ignore
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced in other scripts
+VERSION_FILE='/action/lib/functions/linterVersions.txt' # File to store linter versions
 
 # Set the log level
 TF_LOG_LEVEL="info"
@@ -215,15 +259,6 @@ SCALAFMT_FILE_NAME="${SCALAFMT_CONFIG_FILE:-.scalafmt.conf}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_FILE_NAME="${SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_CONFIG_FILE:-.snakefmt.toml}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
-SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN="${SUPPRESS_FILE_TYPE_WARN:-false}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
-SUPPRESS_POSSUM="${SUPPRESS_POSSUM:-false}"
-# SSH_KEY="${SSH_KEY}"
-SSH_SETUP_GITHUB="${SSH_SETUP_GITHUB:-false}"
-SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY="${SSH_INSECURE_NO_VERIFY_GITHUB_KEY:-false}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
-# SSL_CERT_SECRET="${SSL_CERT_SECRET}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 SQL_FILE_NAME="${SQL_CONFIG_FILE:-.sql-config.json}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 SQLFLUFF_FILE_NAME="${SQLFLUFF_CONFIG_FILE:-/.sqlfluff}"
@@ -241,14 +276,8 @@ TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='' # Variable for the style
 TYPESCRIPT_STYLE=''      # Variable for the style
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 TYPESCRIPT_ES_FILE_NAME="${TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
-USE_FIND_ALGORITHM="${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM:-false}"
-debug "USE_FIND_ALGORITHM: ${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM}"
-
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 YAML_FILE_NAME="${YAML_CONFIG_FILE:-.yaml-lint.yml}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
-YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING="${YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING:-false}"
 
 #################################################
 # Parse if we are using JS standard or prettier #
@@ -383,50 +412,6 @@ LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY["${TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME}"]="${TYPESCRIPT_STYLE}"
 LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['XML']="xmllint"
 LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['YAML']="yamllint"
 
-############################################
-# Array for all languages that were linted #
-############################################
-LINTED_LANGUAGES_ARRAY=() # Will be filled at run time with all languages that were linted
-
-###################
-# GitHub ENV Vars #
-###################
-MULTI_STATUS="${MULTI_STATUS:-true}"       # Multiple status are created for each check ran
-MULTI_STATUS="${MULTI_STATUS,,}"           # Convert string to lowercase
-DEFAULT_BRANCH="${DEFAULT_BRANCH:-master}" # Default Git Branch to use (master by default)
-IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES="${IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES:-false}"
-debug "IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES: ${IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES}"
-
-# Do not ignore generated files by default for backwards compatibility
-IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES="${IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES:-false}"
-debug "IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES: ${IGNORE_GENERATED_FILES}"
-
-################
-# Default Vars #
-################
-DEFAULT_VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE='true'                                        # Default value for validate all files
-DEFAULT_SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE="/tmp/lint"                                  # Fall-back value for the workspace
-DEFAULT_WORKSPACE="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE:-${DEFAULT_SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}}" # Default workspace if running locally
-DEFAULT_TEST_CASE_RUN='false'                                               # Flag to tell code to run only test cases
-
-if [ -z "${TEST_CASE_RUN}" ]; then
-  TEST_CASE_RUN="${DEFAULT_TEST_CASE_RUN}"
-fi
-
-# Convert string to lowercase
-TEST_CASE_RUN="${TEST_CASE_RUN,,}"
-debug "TEST_CASE_RUN: ${TEST_CASE_RUN}"
-
-###############################################################
-# Default Vars that are called in Subs and need to be ignored #
-###############################################################
-DEFAULT_DISABLE_ERRORS='false'  # Default to enabling errors
-export DEFAULT_DISABLE_ERRORS   # Workaround SC2034
-RAW_FILE_ARRAY=()               # Array of all files that were changed
-export RAW_FILE_ARRAY           # Workaround SC2034
-TEST_CASE_FOLDER='test/linters' # Folder for test cases we should always ignore
-export TEST_CASE_FOLDER         # Workaround SC2034
-
 ##########################
 # Array of changed files #
 ##########################
@@ -462,6 +447,13 @@ Header() {
   info "The Super-Linter source code can be found at:"
   info " - https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter"
   info "---------------------------------------------"
+
+  if [[ ${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE} != "false" ]]; then
+    VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="true"
+    info "- Validating all files in code base..."
+  else
+    info "- Validating changed files in code base..."
+  fi
 }
 
 ConfigureGitSafeDirectories() {
@@ -491,16 +483,10 @@ GetGitHubVars() {
       GITHUB_WORKSPACE="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE}"
     fi
 
-    if [ ! -d "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" ]; then
-      fatal "The workspace (${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}) is not a directory!"
-    fi
+    ValidateGitHubWorkspace "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
 
     pushd "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" >/dev/null || exit 1
 
-    VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="${DEFAULT_VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE}"
-    info "Linting all files in mapped directory: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
-    debug "Setting VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE to ${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE} because we are not running on GitHub Actions"
-
     if [[ "${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM}" == "false" ]]; then
       ConfigureGitSafeDirectories
       debug "Initializing GITHUB_SHA considering ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
@@ -518,11 +504,7 @@ GetGitHubVars() {
     MULTI_STATUS="false"
     debug "Setting MULTI_STATUS to ${MULTI_STATUS} because we are not running on GitHub Actions"
   else
-    if [ -z "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" ]; then
-      fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
-    else
-      info "Successfully found:${F[W]}[GITHUB_WORKSPACE]${F[B]}, value:${F[W]}[${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}]"
-    fi
+    ValidateGitHubWorkspace "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
 
     # Ensure that Git can access the local repository
     ConfigureGitSafeDirectories
@@ -1083,9 +1065,8 @@ EDITORCONFIG_FILE_PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.editorconfig
 ####################################
 debug "--- ENV (before running linters) ---"
 debug "------------------------------------"
-PRINTENV=$(printenv | sort)
 debug "ENV:"
-debug "${PRINTENV}"
+debug "$(printenv | sort)"
 debug "------------------------------------"
 
 endGitHubActionsLogGroup "${SUPER_LINTER_INITIALIZATION_LOG_GROUP_TITLE}"