Merge branch 'master' into merge-anchor-fix

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.24.4 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.24.5 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/mikefarah/yq
 

Dockerfile.dev

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.24.4
+FROM golang:1.24.5
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y npm && \

cmd/constant.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package cmd
 
 var unwrapScalarFlag = newUnwrapFlag()
 
+var printNodeInfo = false
+
 var unwrapScalar = false
 
 var writeInplace = false

cmd/evaluate_sequence_command.go

@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ func evaluateSequence(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (cmdError error) {
 	}
 
 	printer := yqlib.NewPrinter(encoder, printerWriter)
+
+	if printNodeInfo {
+		printer = yqlib.NewNodeInfoPrinter(printerWriter)
+	}
+
 	if nulSepOutput {
 		printer.SetNulSepOutput(true)
 	}

cmd/root.go

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 	}
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose mode")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&printNodeInfo, "debug-node-info", "", false, "debug node info")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&outputToJSON, "tojson", "j", false, "(deprecated) output as json. Set indent to 0 to print json in one line.")
 	err := rootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("tojson", "please use -o=json instead")
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.LeadingContentPreProcessing, "header-preprocess", "", true, "Slurp any header comments and separators before processing expression.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.FixMergeAnchorToSpec, "yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec", "", false, "Fix merge anchor to match YAML spec. Will default to true in late 2025")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&splitFileExp, "split-exp", "s", "", "print each result (or doc) into a file named (exp). [exp] argument must return a string. You can use $index in the expression as the result counter. The necessary directories will be created.")
 	if err = rootCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("split-exp", cobra.NoFileCompletions); err != nil {

cmd/utils.go

@@ -18,52 +18,100 @@ func isAutomaticOutputFormat() bool {
 func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
 
-	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
-
-	if forceColor || (!forceNoColor && (fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) != 0) {
-		colorsEnabled = true
-	}
+	setupColors()
 
 	expression, args, err := processArgs(args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := loadSplitFileExpression(); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	handleBackwardsCompatibility()
+
+	if err := validateCommandFlags(args); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := configureFormats(args); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	configureUnwrapScalar()
+
+	return expression, args, nil
+}
+
+func setupColors() {
+	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
+
+	if forceColor || (!forceNoColor && (fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) != 0) {
+		colorsEnabled = true
+	}
+}
+
+func loadSplitFileExpression() error {
 	if splitFileExpFile != "" {
 		splitExpressionBytes, err := os.ReadFile(splitFileExpFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 		splitFileExp = string(splitExpressionBytes)
 	}
+	return nil
+}
 
+func handleBackwardsCompatibility() {
 	// backwards compatibility
 	if outputToJSON {
 		outputFormat = "json"
 	}
+}
 
+func validateCommandFlags(args []string) error {
 	if writeInplace && (len(args) == 0 || args[0] == "-") {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("write in place flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("write in place flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
 	}
 
 	if frontMatter != "" && len(args) == 0 {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("front matter flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("front matter flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
 	}
 
 	if writeInplace && splitFileExp != "" {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("write in place cannot be used with split file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("write in place cannot be used with split file")
 	}
 
 	if nullInput && len(args) > 0 {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot pass files in when using null-input flag")
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot pass files in when using null-input flag")
 	}
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureFormats(args []string) error {
 	inputFilename := ""
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		inputFilename = args[0]
 	}
-	if inputFormat == "" || inputFormat == "auto" || inputFormat == "a" {
 
+	if err := configureInputFormat(inputFilename); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := configureOutputFormat(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using input format %v", inputFormat)
+	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using output format %v", outputFormat)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureInputFormat(inputFilename string) error {
+	if inputFormat == "" || inputFormat == "auto" || inputFormat == "a" {
 		inputFormat = yqlib.FormatStringFromFilename(inputFilename)
 
 		_, err := yqlib.FormatFromString(inputFormat)
@@ -88,24 +136,27 @@ func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 		}
 		outputFormat = "yaml"
 	}
+	return nil
+}
 
+func configureOutputFormat() error {
 	outputFormatType, err := yqlib.FormatFromString(outputFormat)
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
+		return err
 	}
-	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using input format %v", inputFormat)
-	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using output format %v", outputFormat)
 
 	if outputFormatType == yqlib.YamlFormat ||
 		outputFormatType == yqlib.PropertiesFormat {
 		unwrapScalar = true
 	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureUnwrapScalar() {
 	if unwrapScalarFlag.IsExplicitlySet() {
 		unwrapScalar = unwrapScalarFlag.IsSet()
 	}
-
-	return expression, args, nil
 }
 
 func configureDecoder(evaluateTogether bool) (yqlib.Decoder, error) {

cmd/version.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "v4.45.4"
+	Version = "v4.46.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release

examples/data1.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-Foo: 3
-apple: 1
-bar: 2
+# 001
+---
+abc:  # 001
+- 1   # one
+- 2   # two
+
+---
+def   # 002

examples/front-matter.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 a: apple
-b: bannana
+b: banana
 ---
 hello there
 apples: great

go.mod

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
 	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.26.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0
 	gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 h1:vBTly1HeNPEn3wtREYfy4GZ/NECgw2Cnl+nK6Nz3uvw=
 golang.org/x/net v0.41.0/go.mod h1:B/K4NNqkfmg07DQYrbwvSluqCJOOXwUjeb/5lOisjbA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 h1:q3i8TbbEz+JRD9ywIRlyRAQbM0qF7hu24q3teo2hbuw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0 h1:P42AVeLghgTYr4+xUnTRKDMqpar+PtX7KWuNQL21L8M=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0/go.mod h1:QK15LZJUUQVJxhz7wXgxSy/CJaTFjd0G+YLonydOVQA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.27.0 h1:4fGWRpyh641NLlecmyl4LOe6yDdfaYNrGb2zdfo4JV4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1D28KMCvyooCX9hBiosv5Tz/+YLxj0j7XhWjpSUF7CU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473 h1:6D+BvnJ/j6e222UW8s2qTSe3wGBtvo0MbVQG/c5k8RE=

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node.go

@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ func createScalarNode(value interface{}, stringValue string) *CandidateNode {
 	return node
 }
 
+type NodeInfo struct {
+	Kind        string      `yaml:"kind"`
+	Style       string      `yaml:"style,omitempty"`
+	Anchor      string      `yaml:"anchor,omitempty"`
+	Tag         string      `yaml:"tag,omitempty"`
+	HeadComment string      `yaml:"headComment,omitempty"`
+	LineComment string      `yaml:"lineComment,omitempty"`
+	FootComment string      `yaml:"footComment,omitempty"`
+	Value       string      `yaml:"value,omitempty"`
+	Line        int         `yaml:"line,omitempty"`
+	Column      int         `yaml:"column,omitempty"`
+	Content     []*NodeInfo `yaml:"content,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type CandidateNode struct {
 	Kind  Kind
 	Style Style
@@ -451,3 +465,64 @@ func (n *CandidateNode) UpdateAttributesFrom(other *CandidateNode, prefs assignP
 		n.LineComment = other.LineComment
 	}
 }
+
+func (n *CandidateNode) ConvertToNodeInfo() *NodeInfo {
+	info := &NodeInfo{
+		Kind:        kindToString(n.Kind),
+		Style:       styleToString(n.Style),
+		Anchor:      n.Anchor,
+		Tag:         n.Tag,
+		HeadComment: n.HeadComment,
+		LineComment: n.LineComment,
+		FootComment: n.FootComment,
+		Value:       n.Value,
+		Line:        n.Line,
+		Column:      n.Column,
+	}
+	if len(n.Content) > 0 {
+		info.Content = make([]*NodeInfo, len(n.Content))
+		for i, child := range n.Content {
+			info.Content[i] = child.ConvertToNodeInfo()
+		}
+	}
+	return info
+}
+
+// Helper functions to convert Kind and Style to string for NodeInfo
+func kindToString(k Kind) string {
+	switch k {
+	case SequenceNode:
+		return "SequenceNode"
+	case MappingNode:
+		return "MappingNode"
+	case ScalarNode:
+		return "ScalarNode"
+	case AliasNode:
+		return "AliasNode"
+	default:
+		return "Unknown"
+	}
+}
+
+func styleToString(s Style) string {
+	var styles []string
+	if s&TaggedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "TaggedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&DoubleQuotedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "DoubleQuotedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&SingleQuotedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "SingleQuotedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&LiteralStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "LiteralStyle")
+	}
+	if s&FoldedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "FoldedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&FlowStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "FlowStyle")
+	}
+	return strings.Join(styles, ",")
+}

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node_test.go

@@ -160,3 +160,47 @@ func TestCandidateNodeAddKeyValueChild(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t, key.IsMapKey, true)
 
 }
+
+func TestConvertToNodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	child := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:   ScalarNode,
+		Style:  DoubleQuotedStyle,
+		Tag:    "!!str",
+		Value:  "childValue",
+		Line:   2,
+		Column: 3,
+	}
+	parent := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:        MappingNode,
+		Style:       TaggedStyle,
+		Tag:         "!!map",
+		Value:       "",
+		Line:        1,
+		Column:      1,
+		Content:     []*CandidateNode{child},
+		HeadComment: "head",
+		LineComment: "line",
+		FootComment: "foot",
+		Anchor:      "anchor",
+	}
+	info := parent.ConvertToNodeInfo()
+	test.AssertResult(t, "MappingNode", info.Kind)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "TaggedStyle", info.Style)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "!!map", info.Tag)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "head", info.HeadComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "line", info.LineComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "foot", info.FootComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "anchor", info.Anchor)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, info.Line)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, info.Column)
+	if len(info.Content) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 child, got %d", len(info.Content))
+	}
+	childInfo := info.Content[0]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "ScalarNode", childInfo.Kind)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "DoubleQuotedStyle", childInfo.Style)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "!!str", childInfo.Tag)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "childValue", childInfo.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, childInfo.Line)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 3, childInfo.Column)
+}

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node_yaml.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package yqlib
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 func MapYamlStyle(original yaml.Style) Style {

pkg/yqlib/candidiate_node_json.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nojson
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/context_test.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package yqlib
 
 import (
 	"container/list"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+	logging "gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1"
 )
 
 func TestChildContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,3 +51,211 @@ func TestChildContextNoVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResultComplex(t, make(map[string]*list.List), clone.Variables)
 
 }
+
+func TestSingleReadonlyChildContext(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: false,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+	}
+
+	candidate := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	clone := original.SingleReadonlyChildContext(candidate)
+
+	// Should have DontAutoCreate set to true
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should have the candidate node in MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, candidate, clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value)
+}
+
+func TestSingleChildContext(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+	}
+
+	candidate := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	clone := original.SingleChildContext(candidate)
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should have the candidate node in MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, candidate, clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value)
+}
+
+func TestSetDateTimeLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	context := Context{}
+
+	// Test setting datetime layout
+	context.SetDateTimeLayout("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00", context.datetimeLayout)
+}
+
+func TestGetDateTimeLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with custom layout
+	context := Context{datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02"}
+	result := context.GetDateTimeLayout()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02", result)
+
+	// Test with empty layout (should return default)
+	context = Context{}
+	result = context.GetDateTimeLayout()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00", result)
+}
+
+func TestGetVariable(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with nil Variables
+	context := Context{}
+	result := context.GetVariable("nonexistent")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, (*list.List)(nil), result)
+
+	// Test with existing variable
+	variables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	variables["test"] = list.New()
+	variables["test"].PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "value"})
+
+	context = Context{Variables: variables}
+	result = context.GetVariable("test")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, variables["test"], result)
+
+	// Test with non-existent variable
+	result = context.GetVariable("nonexistent")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, (*list.List)(nil), result)
+}
+
+func TestSetVariable(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test setting variable when Variables is nil
+	context := Context{}
+	value := list.New()
+	value.PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "test"})
+
+	context.SetVariable("key", value)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, value, context.Variables["key"])
+
+	// Test setting variable when Variables already exists
+	context.SetVariable("key2", value)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, value, context.Variables["key2"])
+}
+
+func TestToString(t *testing.T) {
+	context := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Add a node to test the full string representation
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	// Test with debug logging disabled (default)
+	result := context.ToString()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "", result)
+
+	// Test with debug logging enabled
+	logging.SetLevel(logging.DEBUG, "")
+	defer logging.SetLevel(logging.INFO, "") // Reset to default
+
+	result2 := context.ToString()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, len(result2) > 0)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, strings.Contains(result2, "Context"))
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, strings.Contains(result2, "DontAutoCreate: true"))
+}
+
+func TestDeepClone(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create original context with variables and matching nodes
+	originalVariables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	originalVariables["test"] = list.New()
+	originalVariables["test"].PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "original"})
+
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		Variables:      originalVariables,
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Add a node to MatchingNodes
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.DeepClone()
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate and datetimeLayout
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.DontAutoCreate, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+
+	// Should have copied variables
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, len(clone.Variables))
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "original", clone.Variables["test"].Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value)
+
+	// Should have deep copied MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify it's a deep copy by modifying the original
+	original.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value = "modified"
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "test", clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value)
+}
+
+func TestClone(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create original context
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.Clone()
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate and datetimeLayout
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.DontAutoCreate, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+
+	// Should have the same MatchingNodes reference
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}
+
+func TestReadOnlyClone(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: false,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.ReadOnlyClone()
+
+	// Should set DontAutoCreate to true
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should preserve other fields
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}
+
+func TestWritableClone(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.WritableClone()
+
+	// Should set DontAutoCreate to false
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, false, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should preserve other fields
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}

pkg/yqlib/data_tree_navigator.go

@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ func (d *dataTreeNavigator) GetMatchingNodes(context Context, expressionNode *Ex
 	if handler != nil {
 		return handler(d, context, expressionNode)
 	}
-	return Context{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown operator %v", expressionNode.Operation.OperationType)
+	return Context{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown operator %v", expressionNode.Operation.OperationType.Type)
 
 }

pkg/yqlib/data_tree_navigator_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+)
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_NilExpressionNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, nil)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, context, result)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_UnknownOperator(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node with an unknown operation type
+	unknownOpType := &operationType{Type: "UNKNOWN", Handler: nil}
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: unknownOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, "unknown operator UNKNOWN", err.Error())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, Context{}, result)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_ValidOperator(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a simple context with a scalar node
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "test",
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(scalarNode)
+
+	// Create an expression node with a valid operation (self reference)
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify the result contains the same node
+	resultNode := result.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
+	test.AssertResult(t, scalarNode, resultNode)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ScalarNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "new_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["new_key"]
+	path := []interface{}{"new_key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the assignment was made
+	// The root node should now have the new key-value pair
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(rootNode.Content)) // 2 original + 2 new
+
+	// Find the new key-value pair
+	found := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(rootNode.Content)-1; i += 2 {
+		key := rootNode.Content[i]
+		value := rootNode.Content[i+1]
+		if key.Value == "new_key" && value.Value == "new_value" {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, found)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_MappingNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a mapping node to assign (this should trigger deep merge)
+	mappingNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "nested_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "nested_value"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["new_map"]
+	path := []interface{}{"new_map"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, mappingNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the assignment was made
+	// The root node should now have the new mapping
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(rootNode.Content)) // 2 original + 2 new
+
+	// Find the new mapping
+	found := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(rootNode.Content); i += 2 {
+		if i+1 < len(rootNode.Content) {
+			key := rootNode.Content[i]
+			value := rootNode.Content[i+1]
+			if key.Value == "new_map" && value.Kind == MappingNode {
+				found = true
+				// Verify the nested content
+				test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(value.Content))
+				test.AssertResult(t, "nested_key", value.Content[0].Value)
+				test.AssertResult(t, "nested_value", value.Content[1].Value)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, found)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_DeepPath(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "level1", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: MappingNode, Tag: "!!map", Content: []*CandidateNode{}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "deep_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to deep path ["level1", "level2", "level3"]
+	path := []interface{}{"level1", "level2", "level3"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the deep assignment was made
+	level1Node := rootNode.Content[1]                // The mapping node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(level1Node.Content)) // Should have level2 key-value
+
+	level2Key := level1Node.Content[0]
+	level2Value := level1Node.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "level2", level2Key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, MappingNode, level2Value.Kind)
+
+	level3Key := level2Value.Content[0]
+	level3Value := level2Value.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "level3", level3Key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "deep_value", level3Value.Value)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ArrayPath(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node containing an array
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "array", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: SequenceNode, Tag: "!!seq", Content: []*CandidateNode{}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "array_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to array path ["array", 0]
+	path := []interface{}{"array", 0}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the array assignment was made
+	arrayNode := rootNode.Content[1]                // The sequence node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, len(arrayNode.Content)) // Should have one element
+
+	arrayElement := arrayNode.Content[0]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "array_value", arrayElement.Value)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_OverwriteExisting(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "new_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to existing path ["key"]
+	path := []interface{}{"key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the value was overwritten
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(rootNode.Content)) // Should still have 2 elements
+
+	key := rootNode.Content[0]
+	value := rootNode.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "key", key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "new_value", value.Value) // Should be overwritten
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a scalar node (not a mapping)
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "not_a_map",
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(scalarNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	assignNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "value",
+	}
+
+	// Try to assign to a path on a scalar (should fail)
+	path := []interface{}{"key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, assignNode)
+
+	// Print the actual error for debugging
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Actual error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// This should fail because we can't assign to a scalar
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_WithVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with variables
+	variables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	varList := list.New()
+	varList.PushBack(&CandidateNode{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "var_value"})
+	variables["test_var"] = varList
+
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+		Variables:     variables,
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node that gets a variable
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: getVariableOpType, StringValue: "test_var"},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify the variable was retrieved
+	resultNode := result.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "var_value", resultNode.Value)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_EmptyContext(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create an empty context
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node with self reference
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 0, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ComplexMappingMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node containing nested data
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "config", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: MappingNode, Tag: "!!map", Content: []*CandidateNode{
+				{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_key", IsMapKey: true},
+				{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_value"},
+			}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a mapping node to merge
+	mappingNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "new_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "new_value"},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "updated_value"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["config"] (should merge with existing mapping)
+	path := []interface{}{"config"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, mappingNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the merge was successful
+	configNode := rootNode.Content[1]                // The config mapping node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(configNode.Content)) // Should have 2 key-value pairs
+
+	// Check that both existing and new keys are present
+	foundExisting := false
+	foundNew := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(configNode.Content); i += 2 {
+		if i+1 < len(configNode.Content) {
+			key := configNode.Content[i]
+			value := configNode.Content[i+1]
+			switch key.Value {
+			case "existing_key":
+				foundExisting = true
+				test.AssertResult(t, "updated_value", value.Value) // Should be updated
+			case "new_key":
+				foundNew = true
+				test.AssertResult(t, "new_value", value.Value)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, foundExisting)
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, foundNew)
+}

pkg/yqlib/decoder_base64.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nobase64
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_csv_object.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nocsv
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noprops
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_uri.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nouri
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_yaml.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 type yamlDecoder struct {

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/entries.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Similar to the same named functions in `jq` these functions convert to/from an object and an array of key-value pairs. This is most useful for performing operations on keys of maps.
 
-Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntatic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.
+Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntactic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.
 
 ## to_entries Map
 Given a sample.yml file of:

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/entries.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 Similar to the same named functions in `jq` these functions convert to/from an object and an array of key-value pairs. This is most useful for performing operations on keys of maps.
 
-Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntatic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.
+Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntactic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.

pkg/yqlib/encoder_base64.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nobase64
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_csv.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nocsv
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noprops
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_sh.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nosh
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_shellvariables.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noshell
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_uri.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nouri
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 type yamlEncoder struct {

pkg/yqlib/format.go

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func FormatStringFromFilename(filename string) string {
 	if filename != "" {
 		GetLogger().Debugf("checking filename '%s' for auto format detection", filename)
 		ext := filepath.Ext(filename)
-		if ext != "" && ext[0] == '.' {
+		if len(ext) >= 2 && ext[0] == '.' {
 			format := strings.ToLower(ext[1:])
 			GetLogger().Debugf("detected format '%s'", format)
 			return format

pkg/yqlib/no_base64.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build yq_nobase64
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewBase64Decoder() Decoder {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewBase64Encoder() Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_csv.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build yq_nocsv
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewCSVObjectDecoder(prefs CsvPreferences) Decoder {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewCsvEncoder(prefs CsvPreferences) Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_ini.go

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ func NewINIDecoder() Decoder {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func NewINIEncoder(indent int) Encoder {
+func NewINIEncoder() Encoder {
 	return nil
 }

pkg/yqlib/no_json.go

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ func NewJSONDecoder() Decoder {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func NewJSONEncoder(indent int, colorise bool, unwrapScalar bool) Encoder {
+func NewJSONEncoder(prefs JsonPreferences) Encoder {
 	return nil
 }

pkg/yqlib/no_props.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build yq_noprops
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewPropertiesDecoder() Decoder {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewPropertiesEncoder(prefs PropertiesPreferences) Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_sh.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build yq_nosh
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewShEncoder() Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_shellvariables.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build yq_noshell
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewShellVariablesEncoder() Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_uri.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build yq_nouri
+
+package yqlib
+
+func NewUriDecoder() Decoder {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewUriEncoder() Encoder {
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/no_xml.go

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ func NewXMLDecoder(prefs XmlPreferences) Decoder {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func NewXMLEncoder(indent int, prefs XmlPreferences) Encoder {
+func NewXMLEncoder(prefs XmlPreferences) Encoder {
 	return nil
 }

pkg/yqlib/operator_anchors_aliases.go

@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@ func overrideEntry(node *CandidateNode, key *CandidateNode, value *CandidateNode
 		log.Debugf("checking new content %v:%v", keyNode.Value, valueEl.Value.(*CandidateNode).Value)
 		if keyNode.Value == key.Value && keyNode.Alias == nil && key.Alias == nil {
 			log.Debugf("overridign new content")
-			valueEl.Value = value
+			if !ConfiguredYamlPreferences.FixMergeAnchorToSpec {
+				log.Warning("--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec is false; causing the merge anchor to override the existing value at %v which isn't to the yaml spec. This flag will default to true in late 2025.", keyNode.GetNicePath())
+				valueEl.Value = value
+			}
 			return nil
 		}
 		newEl = valueEl // move forward twice

pkg/yqlib/operator_anchors_aliases_test.go

@@ -53,7 +53,54 @@ foobar:
     thing: foobar_thing
 `
 
+var explodeWhenKeysExistDocument = `objects:
+  - &circle
+    name: circle
+    shape: round
+  - name: ellipse
+    !!merge <<: *circle
+  - !!merge <<: *circle
+    name: egg
+`
+
+var explodeWhenKeysExistLegacy = `D0, P[], (!!map)::objects:
+    - name: circle
+      shape: round
+    - name: circle
+      shape: round
+    - shape: round
+      name: egg
+`
+
+var explodeWhenKeysExistExpected = `D0, P[], (!!map)::objects:
+    - name: circle
+      shape: round
+    - name: ellipse
+      shape: round
+    - shape: round
+      name: egg
+`
+
+var fixedAnchorOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
+	{
+		skipDoc:        true,
+		description:    "merge anchor after existing keys",
+		subdescription: "legacy: overrides existing keys",
+		document:       explodeWhenKeysExistDocument,
+		expression:     "explode(.)",
+		expected:       []string{explodeWhenKeysExistExpected},
+	},
+}
+
 var anchorOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
+	{
+		skipDoc:        true,
+		description:    "merge anchor after existing keys",
+		subdescription: "legacy: overrides existing keys",
+		document:       explodeWhenKeysExistDocument,
+		expression:     "explode(.)",
+		expected:       []string{explodeWhenKeysExistLegacy},
+	},
 	{
 		skipDoc:       true,
 		description:   "merge anchor not map",
@@ -358,3 +405,11 @@ func TestAnchorAliasOperatorScenarios(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	documentOperatorScenarios(t, "anchor-and-alias-operators", anchorOperatorScenarios)
 }
+
+func TestAnchorAliasOperatorAlignedToSpecScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	ConfiguredYamlPreferences.FixMergeAnchorToSpec = true
+	for _, tt := range fixedAnchorOperatorScenarios {
+		testScenario(t, &tt)
+	}
+	ConfiguredYamlPreferences.FixMergeAnchorToSpec = false
+}

pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_object.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package yqlib
 
 import (
 	"container/list"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ func collectObjectOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, originalContext Context, _ *Exp
 
 	for el := context.MatchingNodes.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
 		candidateNode := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
+		if len(candidateNode.Content) < len(first.Content) {
+			return Context{}, fmt.Errorf("CollectObject: mismatching node sizes; are you creating a map with mismatching key value pairs?")
+		}
 
 		for i := 0; i < len(first.Content); i++ {
 			log.Debugf("rotate[%v] = %v", i, NodeToString(candidateNode.Content[i]))

pkg/yqlib/operator_collect_object_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ var collectObjectOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[name], (!!str)::mike\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:       true,
+		expression:    `{"c": "a", "b", "d"}`,
+		expectedError: "CollectObject: mismatching node sizes; are you creating a map with mismatching key value pairs?",
+	},
 	{
 		skipDoc:    true,
 		expression: `{"person": {"names": ["mike"]}} | .person.names[0]`,

pkg/yqlib/printer_node_info.go

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"container/list"
+	"io"
+
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
+)
+
+type nodeInfoPrinter struct {
+	printerWriter  PrinterWriter
+	appendixReader io.Reader
+	printedMatches bool
+}
+
+func NewNodeInfoPrinter(printerWriter PrinterWriter) Printer {
+	return &nodeInfoPrinter{
+		printerWriter: printerWriter,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *nodeInfoPrinter) SetNulSepOutput(_ bool) {
+}
+
+func (p *nodeInfoPrinter) SetAppendix(reader io.Reader) {
+	p.appendixReader = reader
+}
+
+func (p *nodeInfoPrinter) PrintedAnything() bool {
+	return p.printedMatches
+}
+
+func (p *nodeInfoPrinter) PrintResults(matchingNodes *list.List) error {
+
+	for el := matchingNodes.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
+		mappedDoc := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
+		writer, errorWriting := p.printerWriter.GetWriter(mappedDoc)
+		if errorWriting != nil {
+			return errorWriting
+		}
+		bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(mappedDoc.ConvertToNodeInfo())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if _, err := writer.Write(bytes); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if _, err := writer.Write([]byte("\n")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		p.printedMatches = true
+		if err := writer.Flush(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p.appendixReader != nil {
+		writer, err := p.printerWriter.GetWriter(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		log.Debug("Piping appendix reader...")
+		betterReader := bufio.NewReader(p.appendixReader)
+		_, err = io.Copy(writer, betterReader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := writer.Flush(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/printer_node_info_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"container/list"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+)
+
+func TestNodeInfoPrinter_PrintResults(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a simple CandidateNode
+	node := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:        ScalarNode,
+		Style:       DoubleQuotedStyle,
+		Tag:         "!!str",
+		Value:       "hello world",
+		Line:        5,
+		Column:      7,
+		HeadComment: "head",
+		LineComment: "line",
+		FootComment: "foot",
+		Anchor:      "anchor",
+	}
+	listNodes := list.New()
+	listNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	writer := bufio.NewWriter(&output)
+	printer := NewNodeInfoPrinter(NewSinglePrinterWriter(writer))
+	err := printer.PrintResults(listNodes)
+	writer.Flush()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PrintResults error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	outStr := output.String()
+	// Check for key NodeInfo fields in YAML output using substring checks
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "kind: ScalarNode"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "style: DoubleQuotedStyle"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "tag: '!!str'"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "value: hello world"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "line: 5"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "column: 7"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "headComment: head"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "lineComment: line"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "footComment: foot"))
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, strings.Contains(outStr, "anchor: anchor"))
+}

pkg/yqlib/yaml.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ type YamlPreferences struct {
 	PrintDocSeparators          bool
 	UnwrapScalar                bool
 	EvaluateTogether            bool
+	FixMergeAnchorToSpec        bool
 }
 
 func NewDefaultYamlPreferences() YamlPreferences {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ func NewDefaultYamlPreferences() YamlPreferences {
 		PrintDocSeparators:          true,
 		UnwrapScalar:                true,
 		EvaluateTogether:            false,
+		FixMergeAnchorToSpec:        false,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ func (p *YamlPreferences) Copy() YamlPreferences {
 		PrintDocSeparators:          p.PrintDocSeparators,
 		UnwrapScalar:                p.UnwrapScalar,
 		EvaluateTogether:            p.EvaluateTogether,
+		FixMergeAnchorToSpec:        p.FixMergeAnchorToSpec,
 	}
 }
 

pkg/yqlib/yaml_test.go

@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ var yamlFormatScenarios = []formatScenario{
 }
 
 var yamlParseScenarios = []expressionScenario{
+	// {
+	// 	description: "with a unquoted question mark in the string",
+	// 	document:    "foo: {bar: a?bc}",
+	// 	expected: []string{
+	// 		"D0, P[], (!!map)::a: hello # things\n",
+	// 	},
+	// },
 	{
 		document: `a: hello # things`,
 		expected: []string{

project-words.txt

@@ -257,4 +257,12 @@ noyaml
 nolint
 shortfile
 Unmarshalling
-noini
+noini
+nocsv
+nobase64
+nouri
+noprops
+nosh
+noshell
+tinygo
+nonexistent

release_notes.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   - Added INI support
   - Fixed 'add' operator when piped in with no data #2378, #2383, #2384
   - Fixed delete after slice problem (bad node path) #2387 Thanks @antoinedeschenes
+  - Fixed yq small build Thanks @imzue
+  - Switched to YAML org supported go-yaml!
   - Bumped dependencies
 
 

scripts/build-small-yq.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-go build -tags "yq_nolua yq_notoml yq_noxml yq_nojson" -ldflags "-s -w" .
+go build -tags "yq_nolua yq_noini yq_notoml yq_noxml yq_nojson" -ldflags "-s -w" .

scripts/build-tinygo-yq.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Currently, the `yq_nojson` feature must be enabled when using TinyGo.
+tinygo build -no-debug -tags "yq_nolua yq_noini yq_notoml yq_noxml yq_nojson yq_nocsv yq_nobase64 yq_nouri yq_noprops yq_nosh yq_noshell" .

scripts/devtools.sh

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -ex
 go mod download golang.org/x/tools@latest
 curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.1.5
-curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/securego/gosec/master/install.sh | sh -s
+curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/securego/gosec/master/install.sh | sh -s v2.22.5

snap/snapcraft.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: 'v4.45.4'
+version: 'v4.46.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line data file processor
 description: |
   `yq` uses [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) like syntax but works with yaml, json, xml, csv, properties and TOML files.
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ base: core22
 grade: stable # devel|stable. must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
 confinement: strict
 architectures:
-  - build-on: s390x
-  - build-on: ppc64el
-  - build-on: arm64
-  - build-on: armhf
-  - build-on: amd64
-  - build-on: i386
-  - build-on: riscv64
+  - build-on: [amd64]
+    build-for: [all]
+# architectures:
+#   - build-on: s390x
+#   - build-on: ppc64el
+#   - build-on: arm64
+#   - build-on: armhf
+#   - build-on: amd64
+#   - build-on: i386
+#   - build-on: riscv64
 apps:
   yq:
     command: bin/yq
@@ -24,6 +27,6 @@ parts:
     build-environment:
       - CGO_ENABLED: 0
     source: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-    source-tag: v4.45.4
+    source-tag: v4.46.1
     build-snaps:
       - go/latest/stable

test/format_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/pkg/yqlib"
+)
+
+// only test format detection based on filename extension
+func TestFormatStringFromFilename(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		filename string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		// filenames that have extensions
+		{"file.yaml", "yaml"},
+		{"FILE.JSON", "json"},
+		{"file.properties", "properties"},
+		{"file.xml", "xml"},
+		{"file.unknown", "unknown"},
+
+		// filenames without extensions
+		{"file", "yaml"},
+		{"a.dir/file", "yaml"},
+		{"file.", "yaml"},
+		{".", "yaml"},
+		{"", "yaml"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		result := yqlib.FormatStringFromFilename(c.filename)
+		if result != c.expected {
+			t.Errorf("FormatStringFromFilename(%q) = %q, wanted: %q", c.filename, result, c.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}