Removed custom value parsing logic

cmd/merge.go

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/pkg/yqlib"
 	errors "github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func createMergeCmd() *cobra.Command {

cmd/root.go

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	logging "gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1"
-	"os"
 )
 
 func New() *cobra.Command {

cmd/utils.go

@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/pkg/yqlib"
-	errors "github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/pkg/yqlib"
+	errors "github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func readYamlFile(filename string, path string, updateAll bool, docIndexInt int) ([]*yqlib.NodeContext, error) {

pkg/yqlib/value_parser.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package yqlib
 
 import (
-	"strconv"
-
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -18,30 +16,8 @@ func NewValueParser() ValueParser {
 }
 
 func (v *valueParser) Parse(argument string, customTag string) *yaml.Node {
-	var err interface{}
-	var tag = customTag
-
-	if tag == "" {
-		_, err = strconv.ParseBool(argument)
-		if err == nil {
-			tag = "!!bool"
-		}
-		_, err = strconv.ParseFloat(argument, 64)
-		if err == nil {
-			tag = "!!float"
-		}
-		_, err = strconv.ParseInt(argument, 10, 64)
-		if err == nil {
-			tag = "!!int"
-		}
-
-		if argument == "null" {
-			tag = "!!null"
-		}
-		if argument == "[]" {
-			return &yaml.Node{Tag: "!!seq", Kind: yaml.SequenceNode}
-		}
+	if argument == "[]" {
+		return &yaml.Node{Tag: "!!seq", Kind: yaml.SequenceNode}
 	}
-	log.Debugf("parsed value '%v', tag: '%v'", argument, tag)
-	return &yaml.Node{Value: argument, Tag: tag, Kind: yaml.ScalarNode}
+	return &yaml.Node{Value: argument, Tag: customTag, Kind: yaml.ScalarNode}
 }

pkg/yqlib/value_parser_test.go

@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ var parseValueTests = []struct {
 	expectedTag     string
 	testDescription string
 }{
-	{"true", "", "!!bool", "boolean"},
 	{"true", "!!str", "!!str", "boolean forced as string"},
-	{"3.4", "", "!!float", "float"},
-	{"1212121", "", "!!int", "big number"},
-	{"1212121.1", "", "!!float", "big float number"},
-	{"3", "", "!!int", "int"},
-	{"null", "", "!!null", "null"},
+	{"3", "!!int", "!!int", "int"},
+	{"cat", "", "", "default"},
 }
 
 func TestValueParserParse(t *testing.T) {

yq.go

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	command "github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/cmd"
 	logging "gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1"
-	"os"
 )
 
 func main() {