From 96a4161a92d1c4da9b3959b1d465adfcf2a49f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Farah <mikefarah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:03:40 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed explode anchors for array roots

---
 cmd/commands_test.go | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 cmd/utils.go         |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/commands_test.go b/cmd/commands_test.go
index 77fe3a59..71df5f99 100644
--- a/cmd/commands_test.go
+++ b/cmd/commands_test.go
@@ -322,6 +322,36 @@ pointer: *value-pointer`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
+func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeSimpleArrayCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `- things`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read -X %s", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `- things
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeSimpleArrayJsonCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `- things`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read -j %s", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `["things"]
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeSimpleValueForValueCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	content := `value: &value-pointer the value
 pointer: *value-pointer`
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index 2283e576..3f5c3959 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ func writeString(writer io.Writer, txt string) error {
 }
 
 func explode(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext) error {
-
+	log.Debug("exploding nodes")
 	for _, nodeContext := range matchingNodes {
-		var targetNode = yaml.Node{Kind: yaml.MappingNode}
+		var targetNode = yaml.Node{Kind: nodeContext.Node.Kind}
 		explodedNodes, errorRetrieving := lib.Get(nodeContext.Node, "**", true)
 		if errorRetrieving != nil {
 			return errorRetrieving
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func explode(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext) error {
 		}
 		nodeContext.Node = &targetNode
 	}
+	log.Debug("done exploding nodes")
 	return nil
 }