Fixed explode anchors for array roots

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`

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
 }