Updated release notes

Bumps [github.com/fatih/color](https://github.com/fatih/color) from 1.17.0 to 1.18.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/fatih/color/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/fatih/color/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: github.com/fatih/color
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install rhash -y
           go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest
-          mkdir -p build
-          cp yq.1 build/yq.1
           ./scripts/xcompile.sh
 
       - name: Release

.golangci.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ linters:
     - gofmt
     - goimports
     - gosec
-    - megacheck
+    - gosimple
+    - staticcheck
+    - unused
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - nolintlint
@@ -31,13 +33,6 @@ linters-settings:
             desc: "replaced by io and os packages since Go 1.16: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil"
 issues:
   exclude-rules:
-  - linters:
-    - gosec
-    text:  "Implicit memory aliasing in for loop."
-    path: _test\.go
-  - linters:
-    - revive
-    text: "unexported-return"
   - linters:
     - revive
     text: "var-naming"

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.23.2 as builder
+FROM golang:1.23.3 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/mikefarah/yq
 

Dockerfile.dev

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.23.2
+FROM golang:1.23.3
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y npm && \

cmd/constant.go

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ var outputFormat = ""
 var inputFormat = ""
 
 var exitStatus = false
-var forceColor = false
-var forceNoColor = false
-var colorsEnabled = false
 var indent = 2
 var noDocSeparators = false
 var nullInput = false
@@ -23,6 +20,10 @@ var verbose = false
 var version = false
 var prettyPrint = false
 
+var forceColor = false
+var forceNoColor = false
+var colorsEnabled = false
+
 // can be either "" (off), "extract" or "process"
 var frontMatter = ""
 

cmd/evaluate_all_command.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func createEvaluateAllCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "eval-all [expression] [yaml_file1]...",
 		Aliases: []string{"ea"},
 		Short:   "Loads _all_ yaml documents of _all_ yaml files and runs expression once",
-		ValidArgsFunction: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+		ValidArgsFunction: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 			if len(args) == 0 {
 				return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 			}

cmd/evaluate_sequence_command.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func createEvaluateSequenceCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "eval [expression] [yaml_file1]...",
 		Aliases: []string{"e"},
 		Short:   "(default) Apply the expression to each document in each yaml file in sequence",
-		ValidArgsFunction: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+		ValidArgsFunction: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 			if len(args) == 0 {
 				return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 			}

cmd/root.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 			return evaluateSequence(cmd, args)
 
 		},
-		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 			level := logging.WARNING
 			stringFormat := `[%{level}] %{color}%{time:15:04:05}%{color:reset} %{message}`
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 			logging.SetBackend(backend)
 			yqlib.InitExpressionParser()
 
+			// when NO_COLOR environment variable presents and not an empty string the coloured output should be disabled;
+			// refer to no-color.org
+			forceNoColor = os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != ""
+
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&exitStatus, "exit-status", "e", false, "set exit status if there are no matches or null or false is returned")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&forceColor, "colors", "C", false, "force print with colors")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&forceNoColor, "no-colors", "M", false, "force print with no colors")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&forceNoColor, "no-colors", "M", forceNoColor, "force print with no colors")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&frontMatter, "front-matter", "f", "", "(extract|process) first input as yaml front-matter. Extract will pull out the yaml content, process will run the expression against the yaml content, leaving the remaining data intact")
 	if err = rootCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("front-matter", cobra.FixedCompletions([]string{"extract", "process"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp)); err != nil {
 		panic(err)

cmd/version.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "v4.44.3"
+	Version = "v4.44.5"
 
 	// 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

go.mod

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3
-	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0
+	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0
 	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
-	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.31.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0
 	gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.21.0

go.sum

@@ -14,28 +14,30 @@ github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1 h1:vV6w1AhK4VMnhBno/TPVCoK9U/LP0PkLCS9tbxHdi
 github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1/go.mod h1:SxdoEBH5qIqFocHMyGOXVAybYJdr71b1Q/j0mACtrfE=
 github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0 h1:xjn+kbbKXeDq6v9RVE+WYwRbYfAZKvlWfcJNxM8pvEw=
 github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0/go.mod h1:wsDwEaX5jEoyhbs7x93zk2H/qv0zwuhg4inXhDkYqys=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 h1:GlRw1BRJxkpqUCBKzKOw098ed57fEsKeNjpTe3cSjK4=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YZ7TlrGPkiz6ku9fK3TLD/pl3CpsiFyu8N92HLgmosI=
-github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 h1:HyWk6mgj5qFqCT5fjGBuRArbVDfE4hi8+e8ceBS/t7Q=
-github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0/go.mod h1:taPMhCMXrRLJO55olJkUXHZBHCxTMfnGwq/HNwmWNS8=
-github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 h1:icxd5fm+REJzpZx7ZfpaD876Lmtgy7VtROAbHHXk8no=
-github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1 h1:pH2c5ADXtd66mxoE0Zm9SUhxE20r7aM3F26W0hOn+GE=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1/go.mod h1:nlOn6nFhuKACm19sB/8EGNn9GlaMV7XkbRSipzJ0Ii4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 h1:in2uUcidCuFcDKtdcBxlR0rJ1+fsokWf+uqxgUFjbI0=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3/go.mod h1:d8uq/6HKRL6CGdk+aubisF/M5GcPfT7nKyLpA0lbSSk=
+github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 h1:EWaQ/wswjilfKLTECiXz7Rh+3BjFhfDFKv/oXslEjJA=
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+github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1 h1:40JcKH+bBNGFczGuoBYgX4I6m/i27HYW8P9FDk5PbgA=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
-github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0 h1:/1WHjnMsI1dlIBQutrvSMGZRQufVO3asrHfTwfACoPM=
-github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0/go.mod h1:wKnAMd44+9JAAnGQpWVEgBzGt3YuTaQ4uXoHvE4m7WU=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0 h1:0Wtp0FZLd7Sm8gERmR9S6Iczzb3vItJj7NaHmFg8pTs=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0/go.mod h1:IjYwxUiJDoqpx2RmbdjMUceGHZwYLon3sfOGl5Hi9lc=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0 h1:w3ciUoD19shMCRargcpm0cm91ytaBhDvuRpz1ODO/U8=
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0/go.mod h1:DfbEm0FYsaqBcKcFuvmOZb218JkPGtvSHsKg8S8hyyg=
-github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 h1:hpXL4XnriNwQ/ABnpepYM/1vCLWNDfUNts8dX3xTG6Y=
-github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0/go.mod h1:+8+nEpDfqqsY+g338gtMEUOtuK+4dEMhiQEgxpxOKII=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 h1:WT9HwE9SGECu3lg4d/dIA+jxlljEa1/ffXKmRjqdmIQ=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bvxc+MVxLKB4z00jd1z+Dvzr47oO32F/QSNjSBOlFxI=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
@@ -60,18 +62,16 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsT
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
-golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 h1:AcW1SDZMkb8IpzCdQUaIq2sP4sZ4zw+55h6ynffypl4=
-golang.org/x/net v0.30.0/go.mod h1:2wGyMJ5iFasEhkwi13ChkO/t1ECNC4X4eBKkVFyYFlU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 h1:L5SG1JTTXupVV3n6sUqMTeWbjAyfPwoda2DLX8J8FrQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0/go.mod h1:+F4F4N5hv6v38hfeYwTdx20oUvLLc+QfrE9Ax9HtgRg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.31.0 h1:68CPQngjLL0r2AlUKiSxtQFKvzRVbnzLwMUn5SzcLHo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.31.0/go.mod h1:P4fl1q7dY2hnZFxEk4pPSkDHF+QqjitcnDjUQyMM+pM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 h1:H2TDz8ibqkAF6YGhCdN3jS9O0/s90v0rJh3X/OLHEUk=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2/go.mod h1:K8+ghG5WaK9qNqU5K3HdILfMLy1f3aNYFI/wnl100a8=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 h1:gK/Kv2otX8gz+wn7Rmb3vT96ZwuoxnQlY+HlJVj7Qug=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0/go.mod h1:D4IsuqiFMhST5bX19pQ9ikHC2GsaKyk/oF+pn3ducp4=
 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/color_print.go

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ func colorizeAndPrint(yamlBytes []byte, writer io.Writer) error {
 			Suffix: format(color.Reset),
 		}
 	}
+	p.Comment = func() *printer.Property {
+		return &printer.Property{
+			Prefix: format(color.FgHiBlack),
+			Suffix: format(color.Reset),
+		}
+	}
 	_, err := writer.Write([]byte(p.PrintTokens(tokens) + "\n"))
 	return err
 }

pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 		}
 
 		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(io.EOF, err) {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 			return false, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processArrayTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error)
 	tableValue := dec.parser.Expression()
 	runAgainstCurrentExp, err := dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
 	log.Debugf("table node err: %w", err)
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(io.EOF, err) {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	c := Context{}

pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type yamlEncoder struct {
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ func (ye *yamlEncoder) PrintLeadingContent(writer io.Writer, content string) err
 			if len(readline) > 0 && readline != "\n" && readline[0] != '%' && !commentLineRegEx.MatchString(readline) {
 				readline = "# " + readline
 			}
+			if ye.prefs.ColorsEnabled && strings.TrimSpace(readline) != "" {
+				readline = format(color.FgHiBlack) + readline + format(color.Reset)
+			}
 			if err := writeString(writer, readline); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}

pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle.go

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func opTokenWithPrefs(opType *operationType, assignOpType *operationType, prefer
 }
 
 func expressionOpToken(expression string) yqAction {
-	return func(rawToken lexer.Token) (*token, error) {
+	return func(_ lexer.Token) (*token, error) {
 		prefs := expressionOpPreferences{expression: expression}
 		expressionOp := &Operation{OperationType: expressionOpType, Preferences: prefs}
 		return &token{TokenType: operationToken, Operation: expressionOp}, nil
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func parentWithLevel() yqAction {
 }
 
 func parentWithDefaultLevel() yqAction {
-	return func(rawToken lexer.Token) (*token, error) {
+	return func(_ lexer.Token) (*token, error) {
 		prefs := parentOpPreferences{Level: 1}
 		op := &Operation{OperationType: getParentOpType, Value: getParentOpType.Type, StringValue: getParentOpType.Type, Preferences: prefs}
 		return &token{TokenType: operationToken, Operation: op, CheckForPostTraverse: true}, nil

pkg/yqlib/operator_assign.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type assignPreferences struct {
 }
 
 func assignUpdateFunc(prefs assignPreferences) crossFunctionCalculation {
-	return func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
+	return func(_ *dataTreeNavigator, _ Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
 		if !prefs.OnlyWriteNull || lhs.Tag == "!!null" {
 			lhs.UpdateFrom(rhs, prefs)
 		}

pkg/yqlib/operator_compare.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func compareOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *Expr
 }
 
 func compare(prefs compareTypePref) func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
-	return func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
+	return func(_ *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
 		log.Debugf("compare cross function")
 		if lhs == nil && rhs == nil {
 			owner := &CandidateNode{}

pkg/yqlib/operator_create_map.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func sequenceFor(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, matchingNode *CandidateN
 	log.Debugf("**********sequenceFor %v", NodeToString(matchingNode))
 
 	mapPairs, err := crossFunction(d, context.ChildContext(matches), expressionNode,
-		func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
+		func(_ *dataTreeNavigator, _ Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
 			node := &CandidateNode{Kind: MappingNode, Tag: "!!map"}
 
 			log.Debugf("**********adding key %v and value %v", NodeToString(lhs), NodeToString(rhs))

pkg/yqlib/operator_equals.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ func equalsOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *Expre
 }
 
 func isEquals(flip bool) func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
-	return func(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
+	return func(_ *dataTreeNavigator, _ Context, lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
 		value := false
 		log.Debugf("isEquals cross function")
 		if lhs == nil && rhs == nil {

pkg/yqlib/operator_error.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package yqlib
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 )
 
 func errorOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *ExpressionNode) (Context, error) {
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ func errorOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *Expres
 	if rhs.MatchingNodes.Len() > 0 {
 		errorMessage = rhs.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value
 	}
-	return Context{}, fmt.Errorf(errorMessage)
+	return Context{}, errors.New(errorMessage)
 }

pkg/yqlib/operator_sort.go

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func (a sortableNodeArray) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	rhsContext := a[j].CompareContext
 
 	rhsEl := rhsContext.MatchingNodes.Front()
+
 	for lhsEl := lhsContext.MatchingNodes.Front(); lhsEl != nil && rhsEl != nil; lhsEl = lhsEl.Next() {
 		lhs := lhsEl.Value.(*CandidateNode)
 		rhs := rhsEl.Value.(*CandidateNode)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (a sortableNodeArray) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 		rhsEl = rhsEl.Next()
 	}
-	return false
+	return lhsContext.MatchingNodes.Len() < rhsContext.MatchingNodes.Len()
 }
 
 func (a sortableNodeArray) compare(lhs *CandidateNode, rhs *CandidateNode, dateTimeLayout string) int {

pkg/yqlib/operator_sort_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ var sortByOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[0], (!!map)::{a: banana}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Sort by with null",
+		skipDoc:     true,
+		document:    "[{a: banana},null,{a: apple}]",
+		expression:  `sort_by(.a)[]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[1], (!!null)::null\n",
+			"D0, P[2], (!!map)::{a: apple}\n",
+			"D0, P[0], (!!map)::{a: banana}\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description: "Sort by multiple fields",
 		document:    "[{a: dog},{a: cat, b: banana},{a: cat, b: apple}]",

release_notes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+4.44.5:
+  - Fixing release pipeline
+
+4.44.4:
+- Format comments with a gray foreground (Thanks @gabe565)
+- Fixed handling of nulls with sort_by expressions #2164
+- Force no color output when NO_COLOR env presents (Thanks @narqo)
+- Fixed array subtraction update bug #2159
+- Fixed index out of range error
+- Can traverse straight from parent operator (parent.blah)
+- Bumped dependencies 
+
 4.44.3:
   - Fixed upper-case file extension detection, Thanks @ryenus (#2121)
   - Log printing follow no-colors flag #2082

scripts/devtools.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 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 v1.55.2
+curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.62.0
 wget -O- -nv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/securego/gosec/master/install.sh | sh -s

scripts/xcompile.sh

@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ if [ -z "$CI" ]; then
   GORELEASER+=" --snapshot"
 fi
 
+mkdir -p build
+
 $GORELEASER
 
+cp yq.1 build/yq.1
+
 cd build
 
 # Remove artifacts from goreleaser

snap/snapcraft.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: 'v4.44.3'
+version: 'v4.44.5'
 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.
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ parts:
     build-environment:
       - CGO_ENABLED: 0
     source: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-    source-tag: v4.44.3
+    source-tag: v4.44.5
     build-snaps:
       - go/latest/stable