Added new "c" flag to clobber custom tags when needed

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Mike Farah
2022-08-29 15:38:21 +10:00
parent b1a40a9fb7
commit b4ca184108
11 changed files with 155 additions and 14 deletions
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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Which will assign the LHS node values to the RHS node values. The RHS expression
### relative form: `|=`
This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against _the LHS nodes_. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment.
### Flags
- `c` clobber custom tags
{% hint style="warning" %}
Note that versions prior to 4.18 require the 'eval/e' command to be specified. 
@@ -235,3 +240,37 @@ a:
- bogs
```
## Custom types are maintained by default
Given a sample.yml file of:
```yaml
a: !cat meow
b: !dog woof
```
then
```bash
yq '.a = .b' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
a: !cat woof
b: !dog woof
```
## Custom types: clovver
Use the `c` option to clobber custom tags
Given a sample.yml file of:
```yaml
a: !cat meow
b: !dog woof
```
then
```bash
yq '.a =c .b' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
a: !dog woof
b: !dog woof
```
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ This operator is used to update node values. It can be used in either the:
Which will assign the LHS node values to the RHS node values. The RHS expression is run against the matching nodes in the pipeline.
### relative form: `|=`
This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against _the LHS nodes_. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment.
This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against _the LHS nodes_. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment.
### Flags
- `c` clobber custom tags
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ You can control how objects are merged by using one or more of the following fla
- `d` deeply merge arrays
- `?` only merge _existing_ fields
- `n` only merge _new_ fields
- `c` clobber custom tags
### Merge two files together
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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ You can control how objects are merged by using one or more of the following fla
- `d` deeply merge arrays
- `?` only merge _existing_ fields
- `n` only merge _new_ fields
- `c` clobber custom tags
### Merge two files together
@@ -481,3 +482,26 @@ b: !goat
dog: woof
```
## Custom types: clobber tags
Use the `c` option to clobber custom tags. Note that the second tag is now used
Given a sample.yml file of:
```yaml
a: !horse
cat: meow
b: !goat
dog: woof
```
then
```bash
yq '.a *=c .b' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
a: !goat
cat: meow
dog: woof
b: !goat
dog: woof
```