Bumping version

Bumps [github.com/spf13/cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) from 1.9.1 to 1.10.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/compare/v1.9.1...v1.10.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: github.com/spf13/cobra
  dependency-version: 1.10.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report_v3.md

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Bug report - V3
-about: Create a report to help us improve
-title: ''
-labels: bug, v3
-assignees: ''
-
----
-
-**Describe the bug**
-A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
-
-Note that any how to questions should be posted in the discussion board and not raised as an issue.
-
-Version of yq: 3.X.X
-Operating system: mac/linux/windows/....
-Installed via: docker/binary release/homebrew/snap/...
-
-**Input Yaml**
-Concise yaml document(s) (as simple as possible to show the bug, please keep it to 10 lines or less)
-data1.yml:
-```yaml
-this: should really work
-```
-
-data2.yml:
-```yaml
-but: it strangely didn't
-```
-
-**Command**
-The command you ran:
-```
-yq merge data1.yml data2.yml
-```
-
-**Actual behavior**
-
-```yaml
-cat: meow
-```
-
-**Expected behavior**
-
-```yaml
-this: should really work
-but: it strangely didn't
-```
-
-**Additional context**
-Add any other context about the problem here.

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL

.github/workflows/docker-release.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       IMAGE_NAME: mikefarah/yq
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Available platforms
         run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }} && docker version
 
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Build and push image
         run: |
           echo "GithubRef: ${GITHUB_REF}"
@@ -38,10 +51,9 @@ jobs:
           IMAGE_VERSION=${VERSION:1}
           echo "IMAGE_VERSION: ${IMAGE_VERSION}"
 
-          PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le,linux/arm64"
+          PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/s390x"
 
           echo "Building and pushing version ${IMAGE_VERSION} of image ${IMAGE_NAME}"
-          echo '${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}' | docker login -u '${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}' --password-stdin
           docker buildx build \
             --label "org.opencontainers.image.authors=https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/graphs/contributors" \
             --label "org.opencontainers.image.created=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)" \
@@ -59,8 +71,11 @@ jobs:
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}" \
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:4" \
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:latest" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:4" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:latest" \
             .
-          
+
           cd github-action
           docker buildx build \
             --label "org.opencontainers.image.authors=https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/graphs/contributors" \
@@ -79,4 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}-githubaction" \
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:4-githubaction" \
             -t "${IMAGE_NAME}:latest-githubaction" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}-githubaction" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:4-githubaction" \
+            -t "ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:latest-githubaction" \
             .

.github/workflows/go.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Get dependencies
       run: |

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   publishGitRelease:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: '^1.20'
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cross compile
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install rhash -y
-          go install github.com/mitchellh/gox@v1.0.1
-          mkdir -p build
-          cp yq.1 build/yq.1
+          go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest
           ./scripts/xcompile.sh
 
       - name: Release

.github/workflows/snap-release.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       environment: snap
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         - uses: snapcore/action-build@v1
           id: build
         - uses: snapcore/action-publish@v1

.github/workflows/test-yq.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Get test
         id: get_value
         uses: mikefarah/yq@master

.gitignore

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ _cgo_gotypes.go
 _cgo_export.*
 
 _testmain.go
+cover.out
 coverage.out
 coverage.html
 *.exe
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ test*.yml
 test*.xml
 test*.toml
 test*.yaml
+test_dir1/
+test_dir2/
 0.yml
 1.yml
 2.yml

.golangci.bck.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - asciicheck
+    - depguard
+    - errorlint
+    - gci
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+    - gosec
+    - gosimple
+    - staticcheck
+    - unused
+    - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    - nolintlint
+    - predeclared
+    - revive
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      prevent_unmaintained_packages:
+        list-mode: lax
+        files:
+          - $all
+          - "!$test"
+        deny:
+          - pkg: io/ioutil
+            desc: "replaced by io and os packages since Go 1.16: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil"
+issues:
+  exclude-rules:
+  - linters:
+    - revive
+    text: "var-naming"

.golangci.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-run:
-  timeout: 5m
+version: "2"
 linters:
   enable:
     - asciicheck
     - depguard
     - errorlint
-    - gci
     - gochecknoinits
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
     - gosec
-    - megacheck
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - nolintlint
@@ -18,26 +13,40 @@ linters:
     - revive
     - unconvert
     - unparam
-linters-settings:
-  depguard:
+  settings:
+    depguard:
+      rules:
+        prevent_unmaintained_packages:
+          list-mode: lax
+          files:
+            - $all
+            - '!$test'
+          deny:
+            - pkg: io/ioutil
+              desc: 'replaced by io and os packages since Go 1.16: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil'
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
     rules:
-      prevent_unmaintained_packages:
-        list-mode: lax
-        files:
-          - $all
-          - "!$test"
-        deny:
-          - pkg: io/ioutil
-            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"
+      - linters:
+          - revive
+        text: var-naming
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gci
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+version: 2
+
+dist: build
+
+builds:
+  - id: yq
+
+    binary: yq_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}
+
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w
+
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+    targets:
+      - darwin_amd64
+      - darwin_arm64
+      - freebsd_386
+      - freebsd_amd64
+      - freebsd_arm
+      - linux_386
+      - linux_amd64
+      - linux_arm
+      - linux_arm64
+      - linux_mips
+      - linux_mips64
+      - linux_mips64le
+      - linux_mipsle
+      - linux_ppc64
+      - linux_ppc64le
+      - linux_riscv64
+      - linux_s390x
+      - netbsd_386
+      - netbsd_amd64
+      - netbsd_arm
+      - openbsd_386
+      - openbsd_amd64
+      - windows_386
+      - windows_amd64
+      - windows_arm
+      - windows_arm64
+
+    no_unique_dist_dir: true
+
+release:
+  disable: true
+  skip_upload: true

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Development
+.# Development
 
 1. Install (Golang)[https://golang.org/]
 1. Run  `scripts/devtools.sh` to install the required devtools
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ The pipeline will run the tests and automatically concatenate the files together
 
 The first step is to find if what you want is automatically generated or not - start by looking in the master branch. 
 
+Note that PRs with small changes (e.g. minor typos) may not be merged (see https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama).
+
 ### Updating dynamic documentation from master
 - Search for the documentation you want to update. If you find matches in a `*_test.go` file - update that, as that will automatically update the matching `*.md` file 
 - Assuming you are updating a `*_test.go` file, once updated, run the test to regenerated the docs. E.g. for the 'Add' test generated docs, from the pkg/yqlib folder run:

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.1 as builder
+FROM golang:1.25.0 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/mikefarah/yq
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN ./scripts/acceptance.sh
 
 # Choose alpine as a base image to make this useful for CI, as many
 # CI tools expect an interactive shell inside the container
-FROM alpine:3 as production
+FROM alpine:3 AS production
 LABEL maintainer="Mike Farah <mikefarah@users.noreply.github.com>"
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/mikefarah/yq/yq /usr/bin/yq

Dockerfile.dev

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.1
+FROM golang:1.25.0
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y npm && \
+    npm install -g npx cspell@latest
 
 COPY scripts/devtools.sh /opt/devtools.sh
 
-RUN set -e -x \
-    && /opt/devtools.sh
-ENV PATH=/go/bin:$PATH
+RUN set -e -x && \
+    /opt/devtools.sh
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y npm && npm install -g npx cspell@latest
+ENV PATH=/go/bin:$PATH
 
 ENV CGO_ENABLED 0
 ENV GOPATH /go:/yq

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 .SHELLFLAGS := -o pipefail -euc
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := install
-ENGINE := $(shell { command -v podman || command -v docker; } 2>/dev/null)
+ENGINE := $(shell { (podman version > /dev/null 2>&1 && command -v podman) || command -v docker; } 2>/dev/null)
 
 include Makefile.variables
 

Makefile.variables

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ifeq ($(CYG_CHECK),1)
 else
 	# all non-windows environments
 	ROOT := $(shell pwd)
+	SELINUX := $(shell which getenforce 2>&1 >/dev/null && echo :z)
 endif
 
 DEV_IMAGE := ${PROJECT}_dev
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ DEV_IMAGE := ${PROJECT}_dev
 ENGINERUN := ${ENGINE} run --rm \
 	-e LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
 	-e GITHUB_TOKEN="${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-	-v ${ROOT}/vendor:/go/src \
-	-v ${ROOT}:/${PROJECT}/src/${IMPORT_PATH} \
+	-v ${ROOT}/vendor:/go/src${SELINUX} \
+	-v ${ROOT}:/${PROJECT}/src/${IMPORT_PATH}${SELINUX} \
 	-w /${PROJECT}/src/${IMPORT_PATH} \
 	${DEV_IMAGE}

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![Build](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/workflows/Build/badge.svg)  ![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/mikefarah/yq.svg) ![Github Releases (by Release)](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/mikefarah/yq/total.svg) ![Go Report](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/mikefarah/yq) ![CodeQL](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/workflows/CodeQL/badge.svg)
 
 
-a lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON and XML processor. `yq` uses [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) like syntax but works with yaml files as well as json, xml, properties, csv and tsv. It doesn't yet support everything `jq` does - but it does support the most common operations and functions, and more is being added continuously.
+a lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON, INI and XML processor. `yq` uses [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) like syntax but works with yaml files as well as json, xml, ini, properties, csv and tsv. It doesn't yet support everything `jq` does - but it does support the most common operations and functions, and more is being added continuously.
 
 yq is written in go - so you can download a dependency free binary for your platform and you are good to go! If you prefer there are a variety of package managers that can be used as well as Docker and Podman, all listed below.
 
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ For instance, VERSION=v4.2.0 and BINARY=yq_linux_amd64
 #### Compressed via tar.gz
 ```bash
 wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY}.tar.gz -O - |\
-  tar xz && mv ${BINARY} /usr/bin/yq
+  tar xz && mv ${BINARY} /usr/local/bin/yq
 ```
 
 #### Plain binary
 
 ```bash
-wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY} -O /usr/bin/yq &&\
-    chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY} -O /usr/local/bin/yq &&\
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
 ```
 
 #### Latest version
 
 ```bash
-wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq &&\
-    chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/yq &&\
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
 ```
 
 ### MacOS / Linux via Homebrew:
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ As these are supported by the community :heart: - however, they may be out of da
 _Please note that the Debian package (previously supported by @rmescandon) is no longer maintained. Please use an alternative installation method._
 
 
+### X-CMD
+Checkout `yq` on x-cmd: https://x-cmd.com/mod/yq
+
+- Instant Results: See the output of your yq filter in real-time.
+- Error Handling: Encounter a syntax error? It will display the error message and the results of the closest valid filter
+
+Thanks @edwinjhlee!
+
 ### Nix
 
 ```
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ Using [winget](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/)
 winget install --id MikeFarah.yq
 ```
 
-### Mac:
+### MacPorts:
 Using [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/)
 ```
 sudo port selfupdate
@@ -295,18 +303,39 @@ sudo port install yq
 Supported by @herbygillot (https://ports.macports.org/maintainer/github/herbygillot)
 
 ### Alpine Linux
-- Enable edge/community repo by adding ```$MIRROR/alpine/edge/community``` to ```/etc/apk/repositories```
-- Update database index with ```apk update```
-- Install yq with ```apk add yq```
 
-Supported by Tuan Hoang
-https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/community/x86/yq
+Alpine Linux v3.20+ (and Edge):
+```
+apk add yq-go
+```
 
+Alpine Linux up to v3.19:
+```
+apk add yq
+```
+
+Supported by Tuan Hoang (https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=yq-go)
+
+### Flox:
+
+Flox can be used to install yq on Linux, MacOS, and Windows through WSL.
+
+```
+flox install yq
+```
+
+
+### MacOS / Linux via gah:
+Using [gah](https://github.com/marverix/gah)
+
+```
+gah install yq
+```
 
 ## Features
 - [Detailed documentation with many examples](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/)
 - Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary
-- Uses similar syntax as `jq` but works with YAML, [JSON](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/convert) and [XML](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/xml) files
+- Uses similar syntax as `jq` but works with YAML, INI, [JSON](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/convert) and [XML](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/xml) files
 - Fully supports multi document yaml files
 - Supports yaml [front matter](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/front-matter) blocks (e.g. jekyll/assemble)
 - Colorized yaml output
@@ -345,32 +374,52 @@ yq -i '.stuff = "foo"' myfile.yml # update myfile.yml in place
 
 
 Available Commands:
-  completion       Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
-  eval             (default) Apply the expression to each document in each yaml file in sequence
-  eval-all         Loads _all_ yaml documents of _all_ yaml files and runs expression once
-  help             Help about any command
-  shell-completion Generate completion script
+  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
+  eval        (default) Apply the expression to each document in each yaml file in sequence
+  eval-all    Loads _all_ yaml documents of _all_ yaml files and runs expression once
+  help        Help about any command
 
 Flags:
   -C, --colors                        force print with colors
+      --csv-auto-parse                parse CSV YAML/JSON values (default true)
+      --csv-separator char            CSV Separator character (default ,)
   -e, --exit-status                   set exit status if there are no matches or null or false is returned
+      --expression string             forcibly set the expression argument. Useful when yq argument detection thinks your expression is a file.
+      --from-file string              Load expression from specified file.
   -f, --front-matter string           (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
       --header-preprocess             Slurp any header comments and separators before processing expression. (default true)
   -h, --help                          help for yq
   -I, --indent int                    sets indent level for output (default 2)
   -i, --inplace                       update the file in place of first file given.
-  -p, --input-format string           [yaml|y|xml|x] parse format for input. Note that json is a subset of yaml. (default "yaml")
+  -p, --input-format string           [auto|a|yaml|y|json|j|props|p|csv|c|tsv|t|xml|x|base64|uri|toml|lua|l|ini|i] parse format for input. (default "auto")
+      --lua-globals                   output keys as top-level global variables
+      --lua-prefix string             prefix (default "return ")
+      --lua-suffix string             suffix (default ";\n")
+      --lua-unquoted                  output unquoted string keys (e.g. {foo="bar"})
   -M, --no-colors                     force print with no colors
   -N, --no-doc                        Don't print document separators (---)
+  -0, --nul-output                    Use NUL char to separate values. If unwrap scalar is also set, fail if unwrapped scalar contains NUL char.
   -n, --null-input                    Don't read input, simply evaluate the expression given. Useful for creating docs from scratch.
-  -o, --output-format string          [yaml|y|json|j|props|p|xml|x] output format type. (default "yaml")
+  -o, --output-format string          [auto|a|yaml|y|json|j|props|p|csv|c|tsv|t|xml|x|base64|uri|toml|shell|s|lua|l|ini|i] output format type. (default "auto")
   -P, --prettyPrint                   pretty print, shorthand for '... style = ""'
-  -s, --split-exp string              print each result (or doc) into a file named (exp). [exp] argument must return a string. You can use $index in the expression as the result counter.
-      --unwrapScalar                  unwrap scalar, print the value with no quotes, colors or comments (default true)
+      --properties-array-brackets     use [x] in array paths (e.g. for SpringBoot)
+      --properties-separator string   separator to use between keys and values (default " = ")
+  -s, --split-exp string              print each result (or doc) into a file named (exp). [exp] argument must return a string. You can use $index in the expression as the result counter. The necessary directories will be created.
+      --split-exp-file string         Use a file to specify the split-exp expression.
+      --string-interpolation          Toggles strings interpolation of \(exp) (default true)
+      --tsv-auto-parse                parse TSV YAML/JSON values (default true)
+  -r, --unwrapScalar                  unwrap scalar, print the value with no quotes, colors or comments. Defaults to true for yaml (default true)
   -v, --verbose                       verbose mode
   -V, --version                       Print version information and quit
-      --xml-attribute-prefix string   prefix for xml attributes (default "+")
+      --xml-attribute-prefix string   prefix for xml attributes (default "+@")
       --xml-content-name string       name for xml content (if no attribute name is present). (default "+content")
+      --xml-directive-name string     name for xml directives (e.g. <!DOCTYPE thing cat>) (default "+directive")
+      --xml-keep-namespace            enables keeping namespace after parsing attributes (default true)
+      --xml-proc-inst-prefix string   prefix for xml processing instructions (e.g. <?xml version="1"?>) (default "+p_")
+      --xml-raw-token                 enables using RawToken method instead Token. Commonly disables namespace translations. See https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/xml#Decoder.RawToken for details. (default true)
+      --xml-skip-directives           skip over directives (e.g. <!DOCTYPE thing cat>)
+      --xml-skip-proc-inst            skip over process instructions (e.g. <?xml version="1"?>)
+      --xml-strict-mode               enables strict parsing of XML. See https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/xml for more details.
 
 Use "yq [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 ```

acceptance_tests/load-file.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 testLoadFileNotExist() {
   result=$(./yq e -n 'load("cat.yml")' 2>&1)
   assertEquals 1 $?
-  assertEquals "Error: Failed to load cat.yml: open cat.yml: no such file or directory" "$result"
+  assertEquals "Error: failed to load cat.yml: open cat.yml: no such file or directory" "$result"
 }
 
 testLoadFileExpNotExist() {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ testLoadFileExpNotExist() {
 testStrLoadFileNotExist() {
   result=$(./yq e -n 'strload("cat.yml")' 2>&1)
   assertEquals 1 $?
-  assertEquals "Error: Failed to load cat.yml: open cat.yml: no such file or directory" "$result"
+  assertEquals "Error: failed to load cat.yml: open cat.yml: no such file or directory" "$result"
 }
 
 testStrLoadFileExpNotExist() {

acceptance_tests/split-printer.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 setUp() {
   rm test*.yml || true
+  rm -rf test_dir* || true
 }
 
 testBasicSplitWithName() {
@@ -204,4 +205,23 @@ EOM
   assertEquals "$expectedDoc3" "$doc3"
 }
 
-source ./scripts/shunit2
+testSplitWithDirectories() {
+  cat >test.yml <<EOL
+f: test_dir1/test_file1
+---
+f: test_dir2/dir22/test_file2
+---
+f: test_file3
+EOL
+
+  ./yq e --no-doc -s ".f" test.yml
+
+  doc1=$(cat test_dir1/test_file1.yml)
+  assertEquals "f: test_dir1/test_file1" "$doc1"
+  doc2=$(cat test_dir2/dir22/test_file2.yml)
+  assertEquals "f: test_dir2/dir22/test_file2" "$doc2"
+  doc3=$(cat test_file3.yml)
+  assertEquals "f: test_file3" "$doc3"
+}
+
+source ./scripts/shunit2

cmd/completion.go

@@ -7,19 +7,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 var completionCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "shell-completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell]",
-	Short: "Generate completion script",
+	Use:     "completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell]",
+	Aliases: []string{"shell-completion"},
+	Short:   "Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell",
 	Long: `To load completions:
 
 Bash:
 
-$ source <(yq shell-completion bash)
+$ source <(yq completion bash)
 
 # To load completions for each session, execute once:
 Linux:
-  $ yq shell-completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/yq
+  $ yq completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/yq
 MacOS:
-  $ yq shell-completion bash > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/yq
+  $ yq completion bash > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/yq
 
 Zsh:
 
@@ -29,16 +30,16 @@ Zsh:
 $ echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
 
 # To load completions for each session, execute once:
-$ yq shell-completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_yq"
+$ yq completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_yq"
 
 # You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
 
 Fish:
 
-$ yq shell-completion fish | source
+$ yq completion fish | source
 
 # To load completions for each session, execute once:
-$ yq shell-completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/yq.fish
+$ yq completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/yq.fish
 `,
 	DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 	ValidArgs:             []string{"bash", "zsh", "fish", "powershell"},

cmd/constant.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package cmd
 
 var unwrapScalarFlag = newUnwrapFlag()
 
+var printNodeInfo = false
+
 var unwrapScalar = false
 
 var writeInplace = false
@@ -12,9 +14,6 @@ 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 +22,10 @@ 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
 			}
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ func evaluateSequence(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (cmdError error) {
 	}
 
 	printer := yqlib.NewPrinter(encoder, printerWriter)
+
+	if printNodeInfo {
+		printer = yqlib.NewNodeInfoPrinter(printerWriter)
+	}
+
 	if nulSepOutput {
 		printer.SetNulSepOutput(true)
 	}

cmd/root.go

@@ -66,14 +66,23 @@ 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}`
 
-			if verbose {
+			// when NO_COLOR environment variable presents and not an empty string the coloured output should be disabled;
+			// refer to no-color.org
+			forceNoColor = forceNoColor || os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != ""
+
+			if verbose && forceNoColor {
+				level = logging.DEBUG
+				stringFormat = `[%{level:5.5s}] %{time:15:04:05} %{shortfile:-33s} %{shortfunc:-25s} %{message}`
+			} else if verbose {
 				level = logging.DEBUG
 				stringFormat = `[%{level:5.5s}] %{color}%{time:15:04:05}%{color:bold} %{shortfile:-33s} %{shortfunc:-25s}%{color:reset} %{message}`
+			} else if forceNoColor {
+				stringFormat = `[%{level}] %{time:15:04:05} %{message}`
 			}
 
 			var format = logging.MustStringFormatter(stringFormat)
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 	}
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose mode")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&printNodeInfo, "debug-node-info", "", false, "debug node info")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&outputToJSON, "tojson", "j", false, "(deprecated) output as json. Set indent to 0 to print json in one line.")
 	err := rootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("tojson", "please use -o=json instead")
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ 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)
@@ -187,8 +197,9 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.LeadingContentPreProcessing, "header-preprocess", "", true, "Slurp any header comments and separators before processing expression.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&yqlib.ConfiguredYamlPreferences.FixMergeAnchorToSpec, "yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec", "", false, "Fix merge anchor to match YAML spec. Will default to true in late 2025")
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&splitFileExp, "split-exp", "s", "", "print each result (or doc) into a file named (exp). [exp] argument must return a string. You can use $index in the expression as the result counter.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&splitFileExp, "split-exp", "s", "", "print each result (or doc) into a file named (exp). [exp] argument must return a string. You can use $index in the expression as the result counter. The necessary directories will be created.")
 	if err = rootCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("split-exp", cobra.NoFileCompletions); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}

cmd/utils.go

@@ -18,52 +18,100 @@ func isAutomaticOutputFormat() bool {
 func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
 
-	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
-
-	if forceColor || (!forceNoColor && (fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) != 0) {
-		colorsEnabled = true
-	}
+	setupColors()
 
 	expression, args, err := processArgs(args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := loadSplitFileExpression(); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	handleBackwardsCompatibility()
+
+	if err := validateCommandFlags(args); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := configureFormats(args); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	configureUnwrapScalar()
+
+	return expression, args, nil
+}
+
+func setupColors() {
+	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
+
+	if forceColor || (!forceNoColor && (fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) != 0) {
+		colorsEnabled = true
+	}
+}
+
+func loadSplitFileExpression() error {
 	if splitFileExpFile != "" {
 		splitExpressionBytes, err := os.ReadFile(splitFileExpFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 		splitFileExp = string(splitExpressionBytes)
 	}
+	return nil
+}
 
+func handleBackwardsCompatibility() {
 	// backwards compatibility
 	if outputToJSON {
 		outputFormat = "json"
 	}
+}
 
+func validateCommandFlags(args []string) error {
 	if writeInplace && (len(args) == 0 || args[0] == "-") {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("write in place flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("write in place flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
 	}
 
 	if frontMatter != "" && len(args) == 0 {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("front matter flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("front matter flag only applicable when giving an expression and at least one file")
 	}
 
 	if writeInplace && splitFileExp != "" {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("write in place cannot be used with split file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("write in place cannot be used with split file")
 	}
 
 	if nullInput && len(args) > 0 {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot pass files in when using null-input flag")
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot pass files in when using null-input flag")
 	}
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureFormats(args []string) error {
 	inputFilename := ""
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		inputFilename = args[0]
 	}
-	if inputFormat == "" || inputFormat == "auto" || inputFormat == "a" {
 
+	if err := configureInputFormat(inputFilename); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := configureOutputFormat(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using input format %v", inputFormat)
+	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using output format %v", outputFormat)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureInputFormat(inputFilename string) error {
+	if inputFormat == "" || inputFormat == "auto" || inputFormat == "a" {
 		inputFormat = yqlib.FormatStringFromFilename(inputFilename)
 
 		_, err := yqlib.FormatFromString(inputFormat)
@@ -75,10 +123,6 @@ func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 				outputFormat = "yaml"
 			}
 		} else if isAutomaticOutputFormat() {
-			// automatic input worked, we can do it for output too unless specified
-			if inputFormat == "json" {
-				yqlib.GetLogger().Warning("JSON file output is now JSON by default (instead of yaml). Use '-oy' or '--output-format=yaml' for yaml output")
-			}
 			outputFormat = inputFormat
 		}
 	} else if isAutomaticOutputFormat() {
@@ -92,24 +136,27 @@ func initCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 		}
 		outputFormat = "yaml"
 	}
+	return nil
+}
 
+func configureOutputFormat() error {
 	outputFormatType, err := yqlib.FormatFromString(outputFormat)
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
+		return err
 	}
-	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using input format %v", inputFormat)
-	yqlib.GetLogger().Debug("Using output format %v", outputFormat)
 
 	if outputFormatType == yqlib.YamlFormat ||
 		outputFormatType == yqlib.PropertiesFormat {
 		unwrapScalar = true
 	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configureUnwrapScalar() {
 	if unwrapScalarFlag.IsExplicitlySet() {
 		unwrapScalar = unwrapScalarFlag.IsSet()
 	}
-
-	return expression, args, nil
 }
 
 func configureDecoder(evaluateTogether bool) (yqlib.Decoder, error) {

cmd/version.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "v4.42.1"
+	Version = "v4.47.2"
 
 	// 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
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ func getHumanVersion() string {
 	}
 
 	// Strip off any single quotes added by the git information.
-	return strings.Replace(version, "'", "", -1)
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(version, "'", "")
 }

debian/changelog

@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-yq (4.16.2) focal; urgency=medium
-
-  * Fixed with semicolon space issue
-  * Updating with documentation
-  * Added STDIN example to the top
-  * minor readme cleanup
-  * Help text tweak
-  * Fixed docker timeout - simplify docker builds
-  * New release with docker build fixes
-  * Updating to go 1.17 to fix CVE #944
-  * Fix a typo in root.go
-  * Skip the tests if the nocheck Debian build option is specified
-  * Fixed select bug (#958)
-  * Sped up explode operator
-  * Slight performance improvement to context.ChildContext
-  * Speed up multiply
-  * Update README with recently added / changed options
-  * Make deepMatch report in linear time
-  * Removed leadingContentPreProcessing flag - header preprocessing is stable
-  * Revert "Removed leadingContentPreProcessing flag - header preprocessing is stable"
-  * Keep flag, it is needed in corner cases
-  * Updated Readme
-  * Man page
-  * Fixed expression parsing bug #970
-  * Bumping go-lang, docker versions
-  * Added test release flow
-  * Updated github action release to generate man page
-  * Bumping version
-  * Removing no longer needed github action
-  * Added decoder op
-  * Fixed newline handling when decoding/encoding
-  * Fixed newline handling in encoder/decoder
-  * Can specify indent in encode ops
-  * Added group_by operator
-  * Added flatten operator
-  * Fixed flatten error message
-  * Improving docs
-  * Split printer
-  * Refactored command logic
-  * Fix JSON encoding removing null #985
-  * Fixed acceptance tests
-  * gitbook
-  * Update document generation script
-  * Updating README
-  * Updating release instructions
-  * github action no longer uses data1.yml
-  * Create dependabot.yml
-  * Bump actions/create-release from 1.0.0 to 1.1.4
-  * Bump actions/setup-go from 1 to 2.1.4
-  * Bump github.com/goccy/go-yaml from 1.8.9 to 1.9.4
-  * Bump github.com/jinzhu/copier from 0.2.8 to 0.3.2
-  * Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.10.0 to 1.13.0
-  * Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.1.3 to 1.2.1
-  * Update dependabot.yml
-  * Update go.yml
-  * add build check to PRs
-  * Include secure as part of build process
-  * Fixing bad label in github action
-  * fixed printer test
-  * remove leading content indicator
-  * Fixed header preprocessing!
-  * lint : define golangci configuration file
-  * Update check.sh
-  * Load file acceptance test
-  * Minor improvement on handling front matter
-  * Improved load doc
-  * feature: detect MANPATh and install there
-  * Update install-man-page.sh
-  * simplify prod stage, move version label to action
-  * add labels, quote some values
-  * enable errorlint linter
-  * Added errorlint to devtools
-  * Added key operator
-  * Added more tests
-  * Fixing comments
-  * Attempt to fix golint problem
-  * Include version query for tools
-  * Clean up errored file?
-  * enable misspell linter
-  * updated readme
-  * update Golangci version to v1.43.0
-  * gci linter
-  * Better merge array by key example
-  * Added credit for merge by array example
-  * Better formatting of merge arrays example
-  * Better merge example
-  * Add accessor for the yq logger instance (#1013)
-  * Fixed collect op when working with multiple nodes
-  * Added map, map_values
-  * Add support for Podman as well as Docker (#1026)
-  * Bump github.com/jinzhu/copier from 0.3.2 to 0.3.4 (#1027)
-  * Added csv, tsv output formats
-  * Added encoder tests
-  * Cleanup test
-  * Fixed docker permission issue #1014
-  * Recording release notes for next release
-  * Assignment op no longer clobbers anchor (#1029)
-  * Added sort_by operator
-  * Improved error message
-  * Improved tips and tricks
-  * Report while filename failed to parse #1030
-  * Added script for extracting checksums
-  * Improved extract-checksum.sh
-  * Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 (#1039)
-  * enable more linters (#1043)
-  * Bump Golang compiler #1037
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:41:44 +0000
-
-yq (4.13.0) focal; urgency=medium
-
-  * New `with` operator for making multiple changes to a given path
-  * New `contains` operator, works like the `jq` equivalent
-  * Subtract operator now supports subtracting elements from arrays!
-  * Fixed Swapping values using variables #934
-  * Github Action now properly supports multiline output #936, thanks @pjxiao
-  * Fixed missing closing bracket validation #932
-  * Fix processing of hex numbers #929
-  * Fixed alternative and union operator issues #930
-  * Can now convert yaml to properties properties format (`-o=props`), See [docs](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/properties) for more info.
-  * Fixed document header/footer comment handling when merging (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/919)
-  * pretty print yaml 1.1 compatibility  (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/914)
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:58:30 +0200
-
-yq (4.9.6) focal; urgency=medium
-
-  * Added darwin/arm64 build, thanks @alecthomas
-  * Incremented docker alpine base version, thanks @da6d6i7-bronga
-  * Bug fix: multiline expression
-  * Bug fix: special character
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:32:14 +0200
-
-yq (3.3.2) focal; urgency=medium
-
-  * Bug fix: existStatus bug (#459)
-  * Automatically makes an os temp directory if it does not exist (#461)
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:53:01 +0200
-
-yq (3.3-0) focal; urgency=medium
-
-  * You can control string styles (quotes) using the new --style flag
-  * String values now always have quotes when outputting to json
-  * Negative array indices now traverse the array backwards
-  * Added a --stripComments flag to print yaml without any comments
-  * Bumped go to version 1.14
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:45:44 +0200
-
-yq (3.1-2) eoan; urgency=medium
-
-  * Bug fix: yq 3 was removing empty inline-style objects and arrays (#355)
-  * Bug fix: Merge option returned different output when switching order of 
-    merging files(#347)
-  * Bug fix: Add new object to existing array object was failing in 3.1.1 (#361)
-  * Bug fix: yq 3 empty keys did not allow merging of values (#356)
-  * Bug fix: keys quoted during merge (#363)
-  * Bug fix: Correct length with wc -l (#362)
-  * Bug fix: Write to empty document removed path (#359)
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:31:58 +0100
-
-yq (3.1-1) eoan; urgency=medium
-
-  * Keeps yaml comments and formatting, can specify yaml tags when updating.
-  * Handles anchors
-  * Can print out matching paths and values when splatting
-  * JSON output works for all commands
-  * Yaml files with multiple documents are printed out as one JSON 
-    document per line.
-  * Deep splat (**) to match arbitrary paths
-  * Update scripts file format has changed to be more powerful
-  * Reading and splatting, matching results are printed once per line
-  * Bugfixing
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:18:24 +0100
-
-yq (2.2-1) bionic; urgency=medium
-
-  * Added Windows support for the "--inplace" command flag
-  * Prefix now supports arrays
-  * Add prefix command
-  * Bump Alpine version to 3.8
-  * Improved docker build process
-  * Lint fixes
-  * Build support for all linux architectures supported by gox
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandon <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:50:47 +0100
-
-yq (2.1-0) bionic; urgency=medium
-
-  * Ability to read multiple documents in a single file
-  * Ability to append list items instead of overwriting
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:02:42 +0200
-
-yq (2.0-0) bionic; urgency=medium
-
-  * Release 2.0.0
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:29:53 +0200
-
-yq (1.15-0) bionic; urgency=medium
-
-  * Release 1.15
-
- -- Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>  Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:32:03 +0200
-

debian/compat

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10

debian/control

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Source: yq
-Section: devel
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=10),
-               golang-1.17-go,
-               pandoc,
-               rsync
-Standards-Version: 4.1.4
-Homepage: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-Vcs-Git: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-XS-Go-Import-Path: github.com/mikefarah/yq
-XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>
-
-Package: yq
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: lightweight and portable command-line data file processor
- .
- The aim of the project is to be the 
- [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) or sed of yaml files.

debian/copyright

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: yq
-Source: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
-
-Files: *
-Copyright: 2017 Mike Farah
-License: Expat
-    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-    .
-    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-    copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-    .
-    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-    SOFTWARE.

debian/gbp.conf

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[DEFAULT]
-pristine-tar = True

debian/rules

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Roberto Mier Escandón <rmescandon@gmail.com>
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-PROJECT := yq
-OWNER := mikefarah
-REPO := github.com
-
-export DH_OPTIONS
-export DH_GOPKG := ${REPO}/${OWNER}/${PROJECT}
-export GOROOT := /usr/local/go
-export GOPATH := ${CURDIR}/_build
-export GOBIN := ${GOPATH}/bin
-export PATH := ${GOROOT}/bin:${GOBIN}:${PATH}
-export GOCACHE := /tmp/gocache
-export GOFLAGS := -mod=vendor
-export GO111MODULE := on
-
-SRCDIR := ${GOPATH}/src/${DH_GOPKG}
-DESTDIR := ${CURDIR}/debian/${PROJECT}
-BINDIR := /usr/bin
-MANDIR := /usr/share/man/man1/
-ASSETSDIR := /usr/share/${PROJECT}
-
-%:
-	dh $@
-
-override_dh_auto_build:
-	mkdir -p ${SRCDIR}
-	mkdir -p ${GOBIN}
-	# copy project to local srcdir to build from there
-	rsync -avz --progress --exclude=_build --exclude=debian --exclude=tmp. --exclude=go.mod --exclude=docs . $(SRCDIR)
-	# build go code
-	( \
-		cd ${SRCDIR} && \
-		go install -buildmode=pie ./... \
-	)
-
-	# build man page
-	( \
-		cd ${SRCDIR} && \
-		./scripts/generate-man-page-md.sh && \
-		./scripts/generate-man-page.sh \
-	)
-	
-override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	(cd ${SRCDIR} && go test -v ./...)
-endif
-
-override_dh_auto_install:
-	cp ${GOBIN}/yq ${DESTDIR}/${BINDIR}
-	cp -f ${SRCDIR}/LICENSE ${DESTDIR}/${ASSETSDIR}
-	chmod a+x ${DESTDIR}/${BINDIR}/yq
-
-	# man
-	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}"/"${MANDIR}"
-	cp "${SRCDIR}"/yq.1 "${DESTDIR}"/"${MANDIR}" \
-
-override_dh_auto_clean:
-	dh_clean
-	rm -rf ${CURDIR}/_build

debian/source/format

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0 (native)

debian/yq.dirs

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-usr/bin
-usr/share/yq
-usr/share/man/man1

examples/data1.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-# block comments come through
-person: # neither do comments on maps
-    name: Mike Wazowski # comments on values appear
-    pets: 
-    - cat # comments on array values appear
-    - dog # comments on array values appear
-    - things:
-        - frog
-    food: [pizza] # comments on arrays do not
-emptyArray: []
-emptyMap: []
+# 001
+---
+abc:  # 001
+- 1   # one
+- 2   # two
+
+---
+def   # 002

examples/front-matter.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 a: apple
-b: bannana
+b: banana
 ---
 hello there
 apples: great

examples/sample.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+; This is a INI document
+
+[owner]
+name = "Tom Preston-Werner"
+dob = 1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00
+
+[database]
+db_host = "localhost"
+db_port = 5432
+db_user = "postgres"
+db_password = ""
+db_name = "postgres"
+

examples/sample_no_sections.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+; This is a INI document
+name = "Tom Preston-Werner"
+dob = 1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00
+enabled = true
+ip = "10.0.0.1"
+role = "frontend"
+treads = 4

go.mod

@@ -1,33 +1,35 @@
 module github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
 require (
-	github.com/a8m/envsubst v1.4.2
-	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.1
-	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
+	github.com/a8m/envsubst v1.4.3
+	github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.4
+	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.1
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
-	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.5.1
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2
-	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.11.3
+	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.8.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
+	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5
+	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.18.0
 	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.1
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4
 	github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
-	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
+	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.24
+
+toolchain go1.24.1

go.sum

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pkg/yqlib/candidate_node.go

@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ func createScalarNode(value interface{}, stringValue string) *CandidateNode {
 	return node
 }
 
+type NodeInfo struct {
+	Kind        string      `yaml:"kind"`
+	Style       string      `yaml:"style,omitempty"`
+	Anchor      string      `yaml:"anchor,omitempty"`
+	Tag         string      `yaml:"tag,omitempty"`
+	HeadComment string      `yaml:"headComment,omitempty"`
+	LineComment string      `yaml:"lineComment,omitempty"`
+	FootComment string      `yaml:"footComment,omitempty"`
+	Value       string      `yaml:"value,omitempty"`
+	Line        int         `yaml:"line,omitempty"`
+	Column      int         `yaml:"column,omitempty"`
+	Content     []*NodeInfo `yaml:"content,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type CandidateNode struct {
 	Kind  Kind
 	Style Style
@@ -155,6 +169,18 @@ func (n *CandidateNode) getParsedKey() interface{} {
 
 }
 
+func (n *CandidateNode) FilterMapContentByKey(keyPredicate func(*CandidateNode) bool) []*CandidateNode {
+	var result []*CandidateNode
+	for index := 0; index < len(n.Content); index = index + 2 {
+		keyNode := n.Content[index]
+		valueNode := n.Content[index+1]
+		if keyPredicate(keyNode) {
+			result = append(result, keyNode, valueNode)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 func (n *CandidateNode) GetPath() []interface{} {
 	key := n.getParsedKey()
 	if n.Parent != nil && key != nil {
@@ -198,6 +224,30 @@ func (n *CandidateNode) SetParent(parent *CandidateNode) {
 	n.Parent = parent
 }
 
+type ValueVisitor func(*CandidateNode) error
+
+func (n *CandidateNode) VisitValues(visitor ValueVisitor) error {
+	switch n.Kind {
+	case MappingNode:
+		for i := 1; i < len(n.Content); i = i + 2 {
+			if err := visitor(n.Content[i]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	case SequenceNode:
+		for i := 0; i < len(n.Content); i = i + 1 {
+			if err := visitor(n.Content[i]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *CandidateNode) CanVisitValues() bool {
+	return n.Kind == MappingNode || n.Kind == SequenceNode
+}
+
 func (n *CandidateNode) AddKeyValueChild(rawKey *CandidateNode, rawValue *CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, *CandidateNode) {
 	key := rawKey.Copy()
 	key.SetParent(n)
@@ -215,14 +265,13 @@ func (n *CandidateNode) AddKeyValueChild(rawKey *CandidateNode, rawValue *Candid
 func (n *CandidateNode) AddChild(rawChild *CandidateNode) {
 	value := rawChild.Copy()
 	value.SetParent(n)
-	if value.Key != nil {
-		value.Key.SetParent(n)
-	} else {
-		index := len(n.Content)
-		keyNode := createScalarNode(index, fmt.Sprintf("%v", index))
-		keyNode.SetParent(n)
-		value.Key = keyNode
-	}
+	value.IsMapKey = false
+
+	index := len(n.Content)
+	keyNode := createScalarNode(index, fmt.Sprintf("%v", index))
+	keyNode.SetParent(n)
+	value.Key = keyNode
+
 	n.Content = append(n.Content, value)
 }
 
@@ -428,3 +477,64 @@ func (n *CandidateNode) UpdateAttributesFrom(other *CandidateNode, prefs assignP
 		n.LineComment = other.LineComment
 	}
 }
+
+func (n *CandidateNode) ConvertToNodeInfo() *NodeInfo {
+	info := &NodeInfo{
+		Kind:        kindToString(n.Kind),
+		Style:       styleToString(n.Style),
+		Anchor:      n.Anchor,
+		Tag:         n.Tag,
+		HeadComment: n.HeadComment,
+		LineComment: n.LineComment,
+		FootComment: n.FootComment,
+		Value:       n.Value,
+		Line:        n.Line,
+		Column:      n.Column,
+	}
+	if len(n.Content) > 0 {
+		info.Content = make([]*NodeInfo, len(n.Content))
+		for i, child := range n.Content {
+			info.Content[i] = child.ConvertToNodeInfo()
+		}
+	}
+	return info
+}
+
+// Helper functions to convert Kind and Style to string for NodeInfo
+func kindToString(k Kind) string {
+	switch k {
+	case SequenceNode:
+		return "SequenceNode"
+	case MappingNode:
+		return "MappingNode"
+	case ScalarNode:
+		return "ScalarNode"
+	case AliasNode:
+		return "AliasNode"
+	default:
+		return "Unknown"
+	}
+}
+
+func styleToString(s Style) string {
+	var styles []string
+	if s&TaggedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "TaggedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&DoubleQuotedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "DoubleQuotedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&SingleQuotedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "SingleQuotedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&LiteralStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "LiteralStyle")
+	}
+	if s&FoldedStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "FoldedStyle")
+	}
+	if s&FlowStyle != 0 {
+		styles = append(styles, "FlowStyle")
+	}
+	return strings.Join(styles, ",")
+}

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node_goccy_yaml.go

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import (
 	goccyToken "github.com/goccy/go-yaml/token"
 )
 
-func (o *CandidateNode) goccyDecodeIntoChild(childNode ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) (*CandidateNode, error) {
+func (o *CandidateNode) goccyDecodeIntoChild(childNode ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap, anchorMap map[string]*CandidateNode) (*CandidateNode, error) {
 	newChild := o.CreateChild()
 
-	err := newChild.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(childNode, cm)
+	err := newChild.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(childNode, cm, anchorMap)
 	return newChild, err
 }
 
-func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) error {
+func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap, anchorMap map[string]*CandidateNode) error {
 	log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML %v", node)
 	log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML %v", node.Type().String())
 	log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML Node Value: %v", node.String())
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 	}
 
 	o.Value = node.String()
+	o.Line = node.GetToken().Position.Line
+	o.Column = node.GetToken().Position.Column
+
 	switch node.Type() {
 	case ast.IntegerType:
 		o.Kind = ScalarNode
@@ -62,9 +65,13 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 		o.Kind = ScalarNode
 		o.Tag = "!!bool"
 	case ast.NullType:
+		log.Debugf("its a null type with value %v", node.GetToken().Value)
 		o.Kind = ScalarNode
 		o.Tag = "!!null"
 		o.Value = node.GetToken().Value
+		if node.GetToken().Type == goccyToken.ImplicitNullType {
+			o.Value = ""
+		}
 	case ast.StringType:
 		o.Kind = ScalarNode
 		o.Tag = "!!str"
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 		// to solve the multiline > problem
 		o.Value = astLiteral.Value.Value
 	case ast.TagType:
-		if err := o.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node.(*ast.TagNode).Value, cm); err != nil {
+		if err := o.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node.(*ast.TagNode).Value, cm, anchorMap); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		o.Tag = node.(*ast.TagNode).Start.Value
@@ -106,9 +113,9 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 			o.Style = FlowStyle
 		}
 		for _, mappingValueNode := range mappingNode.Values {
-			err := o.goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingValueNode, cm)
+			err := o.goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingValueNode, cm, anchorMap)
 			if err != nil {
-				return ast.ErrInvalidAnchorName
+				return err
 			}
 		}
 		if mappingNode.FootComment != nil {
@@ -120,9 +127,9 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 		o.Kind = MappingNode
 		o.Tag = "!!map"
 		mappingValueNode := node.(*ast.MappingValueNode)
-		err := o.goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingValueNode, cm)
+		err := o.goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingValueNode, cm, anchorMap)
 		if err != nil {
-			return ast.ErrInvalidAnchorName
+			return err
 		}
 	case ast.SequenceType:
 		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  a sequence node")
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 			keyNode.Kind = ScalarNode
 			keyNode.Value = fmt.Sprintf("%v", i)
 
-			valueNode, err := o.goccyDecodeIntoChild(astSeq[i], cm)
+			valueNode, err := o.goccyDecodeIntoChild(astSeq[i], cm, anchorMap)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -149,32 +156,55 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) UnmarshalGoccyYAML(node ast.Node, cm yaml.CommentMap) er
 			valueNode.Key = keyNode
 			o.Content[i] = valueNode
 		}
+	case ast.AnchorType:
+		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  an anchor node")
+		anchorNode := node.(*ast.AnchorNode)
+		err := o.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(anchorNode.Value, cm, anchorMap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		o.Anchor = anchorNode.Name.String()
+		anchorMap[o.Anchor] = o
+
+	case ast.AliasType:
+		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  an alias node")
+		aliasNode := node.(*ast.AliasNode)
+		o.Kind = AliasNode
+		o.Value = aliasNode.Value.String()
+		o.Alias = anchorMap[o.Value]
+
+	case ast.MergeKeyType:
+		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  a merge key")
+		o.Kind = ScalarNode
+		o.Tag = "!!merge" // note - I should be able to get rid of this.
+		o.Value = "<<"
 
 	default:
-		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  node idea of the type!!")
+		log.Debugf("UnmarshalYAML -  no idea of the type!!\n%v: %v", node.Type(), node.String())
 	}
 	log.Debugf("KIND: %v", o.Kind)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (o *CandidateNode) goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingEntry *ast.MappingValueNode, cm yaml.CommentMap) error {
+func (o *CandidateNode) goccyProcessMappingValueNode(mappingEntry *ast.MappingValueNode, cm yaml.CommentMap, anchorMap map[string]*CandidateNode) error {
 	log.Debug("UnmarshalYAML MAP KEY entry %v", mappingEntry.Key)
-	keyNode, err := o.goccyDecodeIntoChild(mappingEntry.Key, cm)
-	if err != nil {
+
+	// AddKeyValueFirst because it clones the nodes, and we want to have the real refs when Unmarshalling
+	// particularly for the anchorMap
+	keyNode, valueNode := o.AddKeyValueChild(&CandidateNode{}, &CandidateNode{})
+
+	if err := keyNode.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(mappingEntry.Key, cm, anchorMap); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	keyNode.IsMapKey = true
 
 	log.Debug("UnmarshalYAML MAP VALUE entry %v", mappingEntry.Value)
-	valueNode, err := o.goccyDecodeIntoChild(mappingEntry.Value, cm)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := valueNode.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(mappingEntry.Value, cm, anchorMap); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if mappingEntry.FootComment != nil {
 		valueNode.FootComment = mappingEntry.FootComment.String()
 	}
-	o.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valueNode)
 
 	return nil
 }

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node_test.go

@@ -160,3 +160,47 @@ func TestCandidateNodeAddKeyValueChild(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t, key.IsMapKey, true)
 
 }
+
+func TestConvertToNodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	child := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:   ScalarNode,
+		Style:  DoubleQuotedStyle,
+		Tag:    "!!str",
+		Value:  "childValue",
+		Line:   2,
+		Column: 3,
+	}
+	parent := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:        MappingNode,
+		Style:       TaggedStyle,
+		Tag:         "!!map",
+		Value:       "",
+		Line:        1,
+		Column:      1,
+		Content:     []*CandidateNode{child},
+		HeadComment: "head",
+		LineComment: "line",
+		FootComment: "foot",
+		Anchor:      "anchor",
+	}
+	info := parent.ConvertToNodeInfo()
+	test.AssertResult(t, "MappingNode", info.Kind)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "TaggedStyle", info.Style)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "!!map", info.Tag)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "head", info.HeadComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "line", info.LineComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "foot", info.FootComment)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "anchor", info.Anchor)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, info.Line)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, info.Column)
+	if len(info.Content) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 child, got %d", len(info.Content))
+	}
+	childInfo := info.Content[0]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "ScalarNode", childInfo.Kind)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "DoubleQuotedStyle", childInfo.Style)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "!!str", childInfo.Tag)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "childValue", childInfo.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, childInfo.Line)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 3, childInfo.Column)
+}

pkg/yqlib/candidate_node_yaml.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package yqlib
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 func MapYamlStyle(original yaml.Style) Style {
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ func (o *CandidateNode) copyToYamlNode(node *yaml.Node) {
 	node.Value = o.Value
 	node.Anchor = o.Anchor
 
-	// node.Alias = TODO - find Alias in our own structure
-	// might need to be a post process thing
-
 	node.HeadComment = o.HeadComment
 
 	node.LineComment = o.LineComment

pkg/yqlib/candidiate_node_json.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nojson
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/chown_not_linux_os.go

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-func changeOwner(info fs.FileInfo, file *os.File) error {
+func changeOwner(_ fs.FileInfo, _ *os.File) error {
 	return nil
 }

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/context_test.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package yqlib
 
 import (
 	"container/list"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+	logging "gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1"
 )
 
 func TestChildContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,3 +51,211 @@ func TestChildContextNoVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResultComplex(t, make(map[string]*list.List), clone.Variables)
 
 }
+
+func TestSingleReadonlyChildContext(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: false,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+	}
+
+	candidate := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	clone := original.SingleReadonlyChildContext(candidate)
+
+	// Should have DontAutoCreate set to true
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should have the candidate node in MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, candidate, clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value)
+}
+
+func TestSingleChildContext(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+	}
+
+	candidate := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	clone := original.SingleChildContext(candidate)
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should have the candidate node in MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, candidate, clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value)
+}
+
+func TestSetDateTimeLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	context := Context{}
+
+	// Test setting datetime layout
+	context.SetDateTimeLayout("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00", context.datetimeLayout)
+}
+
+func TestGetDateTimeLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with custom layout
+	context := Context{datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02"}
+	result := context.GetDateTimeLayout()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02", result)
+
+	// Test with empty layout (should return default)
+	context = Context{}
+	result = context.GetDateTimeLayout()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00", result)
+}
+
+func TestGetVariable(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with nil Variables
+	context := Context{}
+	result := context.GetVariable("nonexistent")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, (*list.List)(nil), result)
+
+	// Test with existing variable
+	variables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	variables["test"] = list.New()
+	variables["test"].PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "value"})
+
+	context = Context{Variables: variables}
+	result = context.GetVariable("test")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, variables["test"], result)
+
+	// Test with non-existent variable
+	result = context.GetVariable("nonexistent")
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, (*list.List)(nil), result)
+}
+
+func TestSetVariable(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test setting variable when Variables is nil
+	context := Context{}
+	value := list.New()
+	value.PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "test"})
+
+	context.SetVariable("key", value)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, value, context.Variables["key"])
+
+	// Test setting variable when Variables already exists
+	context.SetVariable("key2", value)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, value, context.Variables["key2"])
+}
+
+func TestToString(t *testing.T) {
+	context := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Add a node to test the full string representation
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	// Test with debug logging disabled (default)
+	result := context.ToString()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "", result)
+
+	// Test with debug logging enabled
+	logging.SetLevel(logging.DEBUG, "")
+	defer logging.SetLevel(logging.INFO, "") // Reset to default
+
+	result2 := context.ToString()
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, len(result2) > 0)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, strings.Contains(result2, "Context"))
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, strings.Contains(result2, "DontAutoCreate: true"))
+}
+
+func TestDeepClone(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create original context with variables and matching nodes
+	originalVariables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	originalVariables["test"] = list.New()
+	originalVariables["test"].PushBack(&CandidateNode{Value: "original"})
+
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		Variables:      originalVariables,
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Add a node to MatchingNodes
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.DeepClone()
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate and datetimeLayout
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.DontAutoCreate, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+
+	// Should have copied variables
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, len(clone.Variables))
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "original", clone.Variables["test"].Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value)
+
+	// Should have deep copied MatchingNodes
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, 1, clone.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify it's a deep copy by modifying the original
+	original.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value = "modified"
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, "test", clone.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode).Value)
+}
+
+func TestClone(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create original context
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.Clone()
+
+	// Should preserve DontAutoCreate and datetimeLayout
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.DontAutoCreate, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+
+	// Should have the same MatchingNodes reference
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}
+
+func TestReadOnlyClone(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: false,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.ReadOnlyClone()
+
+	// Should set DontAutoCreate to true
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, true, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should preserve other fields
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}
+
+func TestWritableClone(t *testing.T) {
+	original := Context{
+		DontAutoCreate: true,
+		datetimeLayout: "2006-01-02",
+		MatchingNodes:  list.New(),
+	}
+
+	node := &CandidateNode{Value: "test"}
+	original.MatchingNodes.PushBack(node)
+
+	clone := original.WritableClone()
+
+	// Should set DontAutoCreate to false
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, false, clone.DontAutoCreate)
+
+	// Should preserve other fields
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.datetimeLayout, clone.datetimeLayout)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, original.MatchingNodes, clone.MatchingNodes)
+}

pkg/yqlib/csv_test.go

@@ -186,6 +186,20 @@ var csvScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:       expectedYamlFromCSVNoParsing,
 		scenarioType:   "decode-csv-no-auto",
 	},
+	{
+		description:  "values starting with #, no auto parse",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        "value\n#ffff",
+		expected:     "- value: '#ffff'\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode-csv-no-auto",
+	},
+	{
+		description:  "values starting with #",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        "value\n#ffff",
+		expected:     "- value: #ffff\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode-csv",
+	},
 	{
 		description:  "Scalar roundtrip",
 		skipDoc:      true,

pkg/yqlib/data_tree_navigator.go

@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ func (d *dataTreeNavigator) GetMatchingNodes(context Context, expressionNode *Ex
 	if handler != nil {
 		return handler(d, context, expressionNode)
 	}
-	return Context{}, fmt.Errorf("Unknown operator %v", expressionNode.Operation.OperationType)
+	return Context{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown operator %v", expressionNode.Operation.OperationType.Type)
 
 }

pkg/yqlib/data_tree_navigator_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+)
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_NilExpressionNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, nil)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, context, result)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_UnknownOperator(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node with an unknown operation type
+	unknownOpType := &operationType{Type: "UNKNOWN", Handler: nil}
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: unknownOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, "unknown operator UNKNOWN", err.Error())
+	test.AssertResultComplex(t, Context{}, result)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_ValidOperator(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a simple context with a scalar node
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "test",
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(scalarNode)
+
+	// Create an expression node with a valid operation (self reference)
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify the result contains the same node
+	resultNode := result.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
+	test.AssertResult(t, scalarNode, resultNode)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ScalarNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "new_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["new_key"]
+	path := []interface{}{"new_key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the assignment was made
+	// The root node should now have the new key-value pair
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(rootNode.Content)) // 2 original + 2 new
+
+	// Find the new key-value pair
+	found := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(rootNode.Content)-1; i += 2 {
+		key := rootNode.Content[i]
+		value := rootNode.Content[i+1]
+		if key.Value == "new_key" && value.Value == "new_value" {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, found)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_MappingNode(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a mapping node to assign (this should trigger deep merge)
+	mappingNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "nested_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "nested_value"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["new_map"]
+	path := []interface{}{"new_map"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, mappingNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the assignment was made
+	// The root node should now have the new mapping
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(rootNode.Content)) // 2 original + 2 new
+
+	// Find the new mapping
+	found := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(rootNode.Content); i += 2 {
+		if i+1 < len(rootNode.Content) {
+			key := rootNode.Content[i]
+			value := rootNode.Content[i+1]
+			if key.Value == "new_map" && value.Kind == MappingNode {
+				found = true
+				// Verify the nested content
+				test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(value.Content))
+				test.AssertResult(t, "nested_key", value.Content[0].Value)
+				test.AssertResult(t, "nested_value", value.Content[1].Value)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, found)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_DeepPath(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "level1", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: MappingNode, Tag: "!!map", Content: []*CandidateNode{}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "deep_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to deep path ["level1", "level2", "level3"]
+	path := []interface{}{"level1", "level2", "level3"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the deep assignment was made
+	level1Node := rootNode.Content[1]                // The mapping node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(level1Node.Content)) // Should have level2 key-value
+
+	level2Key := level1Node.Content[0]
+	level2Value := level1Node.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "level2", level2Key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, MappingNode, level2Value.Kind)
+
+	level3Key := level2Value.Content[0]
+	level3Value := level2Value.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "level3", level3Key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "deep_value", level3Value.Value)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ArrayPath(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node containing an array
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "array", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: SequenceNode, Tag: "!!seq", Content: []*CandidateNode{}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "array_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to array path ["array", 0]
+	path := []interface{}{"array", 0}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the array assignment was made
+	arrayNode := rootNode.Content[1]                // The sequence node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, len(arrayNode.Content)) // Should have one element
+
+	arrayElement := arrayNode.Content[0]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "array_value", arrayElement.Value)
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_OverwriteExisting(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "old_value"},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "new_value",
+	}
+
+	// Assign to existing path ["key"]
+	path := []interface{}{"key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, scalarNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the value was overwritten
+	test.AssertResult(t, 2, len(rootNode.Content)) // Should still have 2 elements
+
+	key := rootNode.Content[0]
+	value := rootNode.Content[1]
+	test.AssertResult(t, "key", key.Value)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "new_value", value.Value) // Should be overwritten
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a scalar node (not a mapping)
+	scalarNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "not_a_map",
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(scalarNode)
+
+	// Create a scalar node to assign
+	assignNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  ScalarNode,
+		Tag:   "!!str",
+		Value: "value",
+	}
+
+	// Try to assign to a path on a scalar (should fail)
+	path := []interface{}{"key"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, assignNode)
+
+	// Print the actual error for debugging
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Actual error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// This should fail because we can't assign to a scalar
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_WithVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with variables
+	variables := make(map[string]*list.List)
+	varList := list.New()
+	varList.PushBack(&CandidateNode{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "var_value"})
+	variables["test_var"] = varList
+
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+		Variables:     variables,
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node that gets a variable
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: getVariableOpType, StringValue: "test_var"},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 1, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+
+	// Verify the variable was retrieved
+	resultNode := result.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "var_value", resultNode.Value)
+}
+
+func TestGetMatchingNodes_EmptyContext(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create an empty context
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+
+	// Create an expression node with self reference
+	expressionNode := &ExpressionNode{
+		Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType},
+	}
+
+	result, err := navigator.GetMatchingNodes(context, expressionNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+	test.AssertResult(t, 0, result.MatchingNodes.Len())
+}
+
+func TestDeeplyAssign_ComplexMappingMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	navigator := NewDataTreeNavigator()
+
+	// Create a context with a root mapping node containing nested data
+	rootNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "config", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: MappingNode, Tag: "!!map", Content: []*CandidateNode{
+				{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_key", IsMapKey: true},
+				{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_value"},
+			}},
+		},
+	}
+	context := Context{
+		MatchingNodes: list.New(),
+	}
+	context.MatchingNodes.PushBack(rootNode)
+
+	// Create a mapping node to merge
+	mappingNode := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind: MappingNode,
+		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Content: []*CandidateNode{
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "new_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "new_value"},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "existing_key", IsMapKey: true},
+			{Kind: ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: "updated_value"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Assign to path ["config"] (should merge with existing mapping)
+	path := []interface{}{"config"}
+	err := navigator.DeeplyAssign(context, path, mappingNode)
+
+	test.AssertResult(t, nil, err)
+
+	// Verify the merge was successful
+	configNode := rootNode.Content[1]                // The config mapping node
+	test.AssertResult(t, 4, len(configNode.Content)) // Should have 2 key-value pairs
+
+	// Check that both existing and new keys are present
+	foundExisting := false
+	foundNew := false
+	for i := 0; i < len(configNode.Content); i += 2 {
+		if i+1 < len(configNode.Content) {
+			key := configNode.Content[i]
+			value := configNode.Content[i+1]
+			switch key.Value {
+			case "existing_key":
+				foundExisting = true
+				test.AssertResult(t, "updated_value", value.Value) // Should be updated
+			case "new_key":
+				foundNew = true
+				test.AssertResult(t, "new_value", value.Value)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, foundExisting)
+	test.AssertResult(t, true, foundNew)
+}

pkg/yqlib/decoder_base64.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nobase64
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (
@@ -8,20 +10,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 type base64Padder struct {
-	count uint64
+	count int
 	io.Reader
 }
 
 func (c *base64Padder) pad(buf []byte) (int, error) {
-	pad := strings.Repeat("=", int(4-c.count%4))
+	pad := strings.Repeat("=", (4 - c.count%4))
 	n, err := strings.NewReader(pad).Read(buf)
-	c.count += uint64(n)
+	c.count += n
 	return n, err
 }
 
 func (c *base64Padder) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, err := c.Reader.Read(buf)
-	c.count += uint64(n)
+	c.count += n
 
 	if err == io.EOF && c.count%4 != 0 {
 		return c.pad(buf)

pkg/yqlib/decoder_csv_object.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nocsv
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ func (dec *csvObjectDecoder) convertToNode(content string) *CandidateNode {
 	node, err := parseSnippet(content)
 	// if we're not auto-parsing, then we wont put in parsed objects or arrays
 	// but we still parse scalars
-	if err != nil || (!dec.prefs.AutoParse && node.Kind != ScalarNode) {
+	if err != nil || (!dec.prefs.AutoParse && (node.Kind != ScalarNode || node.Value != content)) {
 		return createScalarNode(content, content)
 	}
 	return node

pkg/yqlib/decoder_goccy_yaml.go

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 type goccyYamlDecoder struct {
 	decoder yaml.Decoder
 	cm      yaml.CommentMap
+	// anchor map persists over multiple documents for convenience.
+	anchorMap map[string]*CandidateNode
 }
 
 func NewGoccyYAMLDecoder() Decoder {
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ func NewGoccyYAMLDecoder() Decoder {
 func (dec *goccyYamlDecoder) Init(reader io.Reader) error {
 	dec.cm = yaml.CommentMap{}
 	dec.decoder = *yaml.NewDecoder(reader, yaml.CommentToMap(dec.cm), yaml.UseOrderedMap())
+	dec.anchorMap = make(map[string]*CandidateNode)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ func (dec *goccyYamlDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
 	}
 
 	candidateNode := &CandidateNode{}
-	if err := candidateNode.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(ast, dec.cm); err != nil {
+	if err := candidateNode.UnmarshalGoccyYAML(ast, dec.cm, dec.anchorMap); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

pkg/yqlib/decoder_ini.go

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+//go:build !yq_noini
+
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/go-ini/ini"
+)
+
+type iniDecoder struct {
+	reader   io.Reader
+	finished bool // Flag to signal completion of processing
+}
+
+func NewINIDecoder() Decoder {
+	return &iniDecoder{
+		finished: false, // Initialize the flag as false
+	}
+}
+
+func (dec *iniDecoder) Init(reader io.Reader) error {
+	// Store the reader for use in Decode
+	dec.reader = reader
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (dec *iniDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
+	// If processing is already finished, return io.EOF
+	if dec.finished {
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	}
+
+	// Read all content from the stored reader
+	content, err := io.ReadAll(dec.reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read INI content: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse the INI content
+	cfg, err := ini.Load(content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse INI content: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a root CandidateNode as a MappingNode (since INI is key-value based)
+	root := &CandidateNode{
+		Kind:  MappingNode,
+		Tag:   "!!map",
+		Value: "",
+	}
+
+	// Process each section in the INI file
+	for _, section := range cfg.Sections() {
+		sectionName := section.Name()
+
+		if sectionName == ini.DefaultSection {
+			// For the default section, add key-value pairs directly to the root node
+			for _, key := range section.Keys() {
+				keyName := key.Name()
+				keyValue := key.String()
+
+				// Create a key node (scalar for the key name)
+				keyNode := createStringScalarNode(keyName)
+				// Create a value node (scalar for the value)
+				valueNode := createStringScalarNode(keyValue)
+
+				// Add key-value pair to the root node
+				root.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valueNode)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// For named sections, create a nested map
+			sectionNode := &CandidateNode{
+				Kind:  MappingNode,
+				Tag:   "!!map",
+				Value: "",
+			}
+
+			// Add key-value pairs to the section node
+			for _, key := range section.Keys() {
+				keyName := key.Name()
+				keyValue := key.String()
+
+				// Create a key node (scalar for the key name)
+				keyNode := createStringScalarNode(keyName)
+				// Create a value node (scalar for the value)
+				valueNode := createStringScalarNode(keyValue)
+
+				// Add key-value pair to the section node
+				sectionNode.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valueNode)
+			}
+
+			// Create a key node for the section name
+			sectionKeyNode := createStringScalarNode(sectionName)
+			// Add the section as a nested map to the root node
+			root.AddKeyValueChild(sectionKeyNode, sectionNode)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Set the finished flag to true to prevent further Decode calls
+	dec.finished = true
+
+	// Return the root node
+	return root, nil
+}

pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noprops
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_test.go

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ func mustProcessFormatScenario(s formatScenario, decoder Decoder, encoder Encode
 
 	result, err := processFormatScenario(s, decoder, encoder)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("Bad scenario %v: %w", s.description, err))
+		log.Error("Bad scenario %v: %w", s.description, err)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Bad scenario %v: %v", s.description, err.Error())
 	}
 	return result
 

pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go

@@ -249,11 +249,12 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTopLevelNode(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error
 	var runAgainstCurrentExp bool
 	var err error
 	log.Debug("processTopLevelNode: Going to process %v state is current %v", currentNode.Kind, NodeToString(dec.rootMap))
-	if currentNode.Kind == toml.Table {
+	switch currentNode.Kind {
+	case toml.Table:
 		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.processTable(currentNode)
-	} else if currentNode.Kind == toml.ArrayTable {
+	case toml.ArrayTable:
 		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.processArrayTable(currentNode)
-	} else {
+	default:
 		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(dec.rootMap, currentNode)
 	}
 
@@ -281,13 +282,13 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 		tableValue = dec.parser.Expression()
 		// next expression is not table data, so we are done
 		if tableValue.Kind != toml.KeyValue {
-			log.Debug("got an empty table, returning")
-			return true, nil
-		}
-
-		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(io.EOF, err) {
-			return false, err
+			log.Debug("got an empty table")
+			runAgainstCurrentExp = true
+		} else {
+			runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				return false, err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ 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/decoder_uri.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nouri
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/decoder_xml.go

@@ -315,13 +315,14 @@ func (dec *xmlDecoder) decodeXML(root *xmlNode) error {
 		case xml.Comment:
 
 			commentStr := string(xml.CharData(se))
-			if elem.state == "started" {
+			switch elem.state {
+			case "started":
 				applyFootComment(elem, commentStr)
 
-			} else if elem.state == "chardata" {
+			case "chardata":
 				log.Debug("got a line comment for (%v) %v: [%v]", elem.state, elem.label, commentStr)
 				elem.n.LineComment = joinComments([]string{elem.n.LineComment, commentStr}, " ")
-			} else {
+			default:
 				log.Debug("got a head comment for (%v) %v: [%v]", elem.state, elem.label, commentStr)
 				elem.n.HeadComment = joinComments([]string{elem.n.HeadComment, commentStr}, " ")
 			}

pkg/yqlib/decoder_yaml.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	yaml "go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 type yamlDecoder struct {

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/anchor-and-alias-operators.md

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ Use the `alias` and `anchor` operators to read and write yaml aliases and anchor
 `yq` supports merge aliases (like `<<: *blah`) however this is no longer in the standard yaml spec (1.2) and so `yq` will automatically add the `!!merge` tag to these nodes as it is effectively a custom tag.
 
 
+## NOTE --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec flag
+`yq` doesn't merge anchors `<<:` to spec, in some circumstances it incorrectly overrides existing keys when the spec documents not to do that.
+
+To minimise disruption while still fixing the issue, a flag has been added to toggle this behaviour. This will first default to false; and log warnings to users. Then it will default to true (and still allow users to specify false if needed).
+
+This flag also enables advanced merging, like inline maps, as well as fixes to ensure when exploding a particular path, neighbours are not affect ed.
+
+Long story short, you should be setting this flag to true.
+
+See examples of the flag differences below, where LEGACY is with the flag off; and FIXED is with the flag on.
+
+
 ## Merge one map
 see https://yaml.org/type/merge.html
 
@@ -34,68 +46,6 @@ y: 2
 r: 10
 ```
 
-## Merge multiple maps
-see https://yaml.org/type/merge.html
-
-Given a sample.yml file of:
-```yaml
-- &CENTER
-  x: 1
-  y: 2
-- &LEFT
-  x: 0
-  y: 2
-- &BIG
-  r: 10
-- &SMALL
-  r: 1
-- !!merge <<:
-    - *CENTER
-    - *BIG
-```
-then
-```bash
-yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
-```
-will output
-```yaml
-r: 10
-x: 1
-y: 2
-```
-
-## Override
-see https://yaml.org/type/merge.html
-
-Given a sample.yml file of:
-```yaml
-- &CENTER
-  x: 1
-  y: 2
-- &LEFT
-  x: 0
-  y: 2
-- &BIG
-  r: 10
-- &SMALL
-  r: 1
-- !!merge <<:
-    - *BIG
-    - *LEFT
-    - *SMALL
-  x: 1
-```
-then
-```bash
-yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
-```
-will output
-```yaml
-r: 10
-x: 1
-y: 2
-```
-
 ## Get anchor
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -254,7 +204,39 @@ f:
   cat: b
 ```
 
-## Explode with merge anchors
+## Dereference and update a field
+Use explode with multiply to dereference an object
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+item_value: &item_value
+  value: true
+thingOne:
+  name: item_1
+  !!merge <<: *item_value
+thingTwo:
+  name: item_2
+  !!merge <<: *item_value
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.thingOne |= (explode(.) | sort_keys(.)) * {"value": false}' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+item_value: &item_value
+  value: true
+thingOne:
+  name: item_1
+  value: false
+thingTwo:
+  name: item_2
+  !!merge <<: *item_value
+```
+
+## LEGACY: Explode with merge anchors
+Caution: this is for when --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=false; it's not to YAML spec because the merge anchors incorrectly override the object values (foobarList.b is set to bar_b when it should still be foobarList_b). Flag will default to true in late 2025
+
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
 foo: &foo
@@ -301,33 +283,201 @@ foobar:
   thing: foobar_thing
 ```
 
-## Dereference and update a field
-Use explode with multiply to dereference an object
+## LEGACY: Merge multiple maps
+see https://yaml.org/type/merge.html. This has the correct data, but the wrong key order; set --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true to fix the key order.
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
-item_value: &item_value
-  value: true
-thingOne:
-  name: item_1
-  !!merge <<: *item_value
-thingTwo:
-  name: item_2
-  !!merge <<: *item_value
+- &CENTER
+  x: 1
+  y: 2
+- &LEFT
+  x: 0
+  y: 2
+- &BIG
+  r: 10
+- &SMALL
+  r: 1
+- !!merge <<:
+    - *CENTER
+    - *BIG
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq '.thingOne |= explode(.) * {"value": false}' sample.yml
+yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml
-item_value: &item_value
-  value: true
-thingOne:
-  name: item_1
-  value: false
-thingTwo:
-  name: item_2
-  !!merge <<: *item_value
+r: 10
+x: 1
+y: 2
+```
+
+## LEGACY: Override
+see https://yaml.org/type/merge.html. This has the correct data, but the wrong key order; set --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true to fix the key order.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- &CENTER
+  x: 1
+  y: 2
+- &LEFT
+  x: 0
+  y: 2
+- &BIG
+  r: 10
+- &SMALL
+  r: 1
+- !!merge <<:
+    - *BIG
+    - *LEFT
+    - *SMALL
+  x: 1
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+r: 10
+x: 1
+y: 2
+```
+
+## FIXED: Explode with merge anchors
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour (flag will default to true in late 2025).
+Observe that foobarList.b property is still foobarList_b.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'explode(.)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo:
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar:
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+
+## FIXED: Merge multiple maps
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour (flag will default to true in late 2025).
+Taken from https://yaml.org/type/merge.html. Same values as legacy, but with the correct key order.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- &CENTER
+  x: 1
+  y: 2
+- &LEFT
+  x: 0
+  y: 2
+- &BIG
+  r: 10
+- &SMALL
+  r: 1
+- !!merge <<:
+    - *CENTER
+    - *BIG
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+x: 1
+y: 2
+r: 10
+```
+
+## FIXED: Override
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour (flag will default to true in late 2025).
+Taken from https://yaml.org/type/merge.html. Same values as legacy, but with the correct key order.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- &CENTER
+  x: 1
+  y: 2
+- &LEFT
+  x: 0
+  y: 2
+- &BIG
+  r: 10
+- &SMALL
+  r: 1
+- !!merge <<:
+    - *BIG
+    - *LEFT
+    - *SMALL
+  x: 1
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.[4] | explode(.)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+r: 10
+y: 2
+x: 1
+```
+
+## Exploding inline merge anchor
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour (flag will default to true in late 2025).
+
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a:
+  b: &b 42
+!!merge <<:
+  c: *b
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'explode(.) | sort_keys(.)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a:
+  b: 42
+c: 42
 ```
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/entries.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Similar to the same named functions in `jq` these functions convert to/from an object and an array of key-value pairs. This is most useful for performing operations on keys of maps.
 
+Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntactic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.
+
 ## to_entries Map
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -101,6 +103,28 @@ KEY_a: 1
 KEY_b: 2
 ```
 
+## Use with_entries to update keys recursively
+We use (.. | select(tag="map")) to find all the maps in the doc, then |= to update each one of those maps. In the update, with_entries is used.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a: 1
+b:
+  b_a: nested
+  b_b: thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '(.. | select(tag=="!!map")) |= with_entries(.key |= "KEY_" + .)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+KEY_a: 1
+KEY_b:
+  KEY_b_a: nested
+  KEY_b_b: thing
+```
+
 ## Custom sort map keys
 Use to_entries to convert to an array of key/value pairs, sort the array using sort/sort_by/etc, and convert it back.
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/anchor-and-alias-operators.md

@@ -4,3 +4,15 @@ Use the `alias` and `anchor` operators to read and write yaml aliases and anchor
 
 `yq` supports merge aliases (like `<<: *blah`) however this is no longer in the standard yaml spec (1.2) and so `yq` will automatically add the `!!merge` tag to these nodes as it is effectively a custom tag.
 
+
+## NOTE --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec flag
+`yq` doesn't merge anchors `<<:` to spec, in some circumstances it incorrectly overrides existing keys when the spec documents not to do that.
+
+To minimise disruption while still fixing the issue, a flag has been added to toggle this behaviour. This will first default to false; and log warnings to users. Then it will default to true (and still allow users to specify false if needed).
+
+This flag also enables advanced merging, like inline maps, as well as fixes to ensure when exploding a particular path, neighbours are not affect ed.
+
+Long story short, you should be setting this flag to true.
+
+See examples of the flag differences below, where LEGACY is with the flag off; and FIXED is with the flag on.
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/entries.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # Entries
 
 Similar to the same named functions in `jq` these functions convert to/from an object and an array of key-value pairs. This is most useful for performing operations on keys of maps.
+
+Use `with_entries(op)` as a syntactic sugar for doing `to_entries | op | from_entries`.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/kind.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Kind
+
+The `kind` operator identifies the type of a node as either `scalar`, `map`, or `seq`.
+
+This can be used for filtering or transforming nodes based on their type.
+
+Note that `null` values are treated as `scalar`.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/max.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Max
+
+Computes the maximum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/min.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Min
+
+Computes the minimum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/omit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Omit
+
+Works like `pick`, but instead you specify the keys/indices that you _don't_ want included.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/pivot.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Pivot
+
+Emulates the `PIVOT` function supported by several popular RDBMS systems.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/slice-array.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 The slice array operator takes an array as input and returns a subarray. Like the `jq` equivalent, `.[10:15]` will return an array of length 5, starting from index 10 inclusive, up to index 15 exclusive. Negative numbers count backwards from the end of the array.
 
-You may leave out the first or second number, which will will refer to the start or end of the array respectively.
+You may leave out the first or second number, which will refer to the start or end of the array respectively.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/sort-keys.md

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ diff file1.yml file2.yml
 
 Note that `yq` does not yet consider anchors when sorting by keys - this may result in invalid yaml documents if you are using merge anchors.
 
-For more advanced sorting, using `to_entries` to convert the map to an array, then sort/process the array as you like (e.g. using `sort_by`) and convert back to a map using `from_entries`.
-See [here](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/entries#custom-sort-map-keys) for an example. 
+For more advanced sorting, you can use the [sort_by](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/sort) function on a map, and give it a custom function like `sort_by(key | downcase)`.
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/string-operators.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## RegEx
 This uses Golang's native regex functions under the hood - See their [docs](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) for the supported syntax.
 
-Case insensitive tip: prefix the regex with `(?i)` - e.g. `test("(?i)cats)"`.
+Case insensitive tip: prefix the regex with `(?i)` - e.g. `test("(?i)cats")`.
 
 ### match(regEx)
 This operator returns the substring match details of the given regEx.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/traverse-read.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 # Traverse (Read)
 
 This is the simplest (and perhaps most used) operator. It is used to navigate deeply into yaml structures.
+
+
+## NOTE --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec flag
+`yq` doesn't merge anchors `<<:` to spec, in some circumstances it incorrectly overrides existing keys when the spec documents not to do that.
+
+To minimise disruption while still fixing the issue, a flag has been added to toggle this behaviour. This will first default to false; and log warnings to users. Then it will default to true (and still allow users to specify false if needed)
+
+See examples of the flag differences below, where LEGACY is the flag off; and FIXED is with the flag on.
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/kind.md

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# Kind
+
+The `kind` operator identifies the type of a node as either `scalar`, `map`, or `seq`.
+
+This can be used for filtering or transforming nodes based on their type.
+
+Note that `null` values are treated as `scalar`.
 
 ## Get kind
 Given a sample.yml file of:

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/max.md

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Max
+
+Computes the maximum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.
+
+## Maximum int
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- 99
+- 16
+- 12
+- 6
+- 66
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'max' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+99
+```
+
+## Maximum string
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- foo
+- bar
+- baz
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'max' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo
+```
+
+## Maximum of empty
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+[]
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'max' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/min.md

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Min
+
+Computes the minimum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.
+
+## Minimum int
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- 99
+- 16
+- 12
+- 6
+- 66
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'min' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+6
+```
+
+## Minimum string
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- foo
+- bar
+- baz
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'min' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bar
+```
+
+## Minimum of empty
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+[]
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'min' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/multiply-merge.md

@@ -55,6 +55,62 @@ a: 12
 b: 4
 ```
 
+## Multiply string node X int
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+b: banana
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.b * 4' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bananabananabananabanana
+```
+
+## Multiply int X string node
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+b: banana
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '4 * .b' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bananabananabananabanana
+```
+
+## Multiply string X int node
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+n: 4
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '"banana" * .n' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bananabananabananabanana
+```
+
+## Multiply int node X string
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+n: 4
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.n * "banana"' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bananabananabananabanana
+```
+
 ## Merge objects together, returning merged result only
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/omit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Omit
+
+Works like `pick`, but instead you specify the keys/indices that you _don't_ want included.
+
+## Omit keys from map
+Note that non existent keys are skipped.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+myMap:
+  cat: meow
+  dog: bark
+  thing: hamster
+  hamster: squeak
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.myMap |= omit(["hamster", "cat", "goat"])' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+myMap:
+  dog: bark
+  thing: hamster
+```
+
+## Omit indices from array
+Note that non existent indices are skipped.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- cat
+- leopard
+- lion
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'omit([2, 0, 734, -5])' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- leopard
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/parent.md

@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ fruit: banana
 name: sam
 ```
 
+## Get parent attribute
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a:
+  fruit: apple
+  name: bob
+b:
+  fruit: banana
+  name: sam
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.. | select(. == "banana") | parent.name' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+sam
+```
+
 ## N-th parent
 You can optionally supply the number of levels to go up for the parent, the default being 1.
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/pick.md

@@ -26,6 +26,30 @@ myMap:
   cat: meow
 ```
 
+## Pick keys from map, included all the keys
+We create a map of the picked keys plus all the current keys, and run that through unique
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+myMap:
+  cat: meow
+  dog: bark
+  thing: hamster
+  hamster: squeak
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.myMap |= pick( (["thing"] + keys) | unique)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+myMap:
+  thing: hamster
+  cat: meow
+  dog: bark
+  hamster: squeak
+```
+
 ## Pick indices from array
 Note that the order of the indices matches the pick order and non existent indices are skipped.
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/pivot.md

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Pivot
+
+Emulates the `PIVOT` function supported by several popular RDBMS systems.
+
+## Pivot a sequence of sequences
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- - foo
+  - bar
+  - baz
+- - sis
+  - boom
+  - bah
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'pivot' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- - foo
+  - sis
+- - bar
+  - boom
+- - baz
+  - bah
+```
+
+## Pivot sequence of heterogeneous sequences
+Missing values are "padded" to null.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- - foo
+  - bar
+  - baz
+- - sis
+  - boom
+  - bah
+  - blah
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'pivot' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- - foo
+  - sis
+- - bar
+  - boom
+- - baz
+  - bah
+- -
+  - blah
+```
+
+## Pivot sequence of maps
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- foo: a
+  bar: b
+  baz: c
+- foo: x
+  bar: y
+  baz: z
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'pivot' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo:
+  - a
+  - x
+bar:
+  - b
+  - y
+baz:
+  - c
+  - z
+```
+
+## Pivot sequence of heterogeneous maps
+Missing values are "padded" to null.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- foo: a
+  bar: b
+  baz: c
+- foo: x
+  bar: y
+  baz: z
+  what: ever
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'pivot' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo:
+  - a
+  - x
+bar:
+  - b
+  - y
+baz:
+  - c
+  - z
+what:
+  -
+  - ever
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/slice-array.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The slice array operator takes an array as input and returns a subarray. Like the `jq` equivalent, `.[10:15]` will return an array of length 5, starting from index 10 inclusive, up to index 15 exclusive. Negative numbers count backwards from the end of the array.
 
-You may leave out the first or second number, which will will refer to the start or end of the array respectively.
+You may leave out the first or second number, which will refer to the start or end of the array respectively.
 
 ## Slicing arrays
 Given a sample.yml file of:

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/sort-keys.md

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ diff file1.yml file2.yml
 
 Note that `yq` does not yet consider anchors when sorting by keys - this may result in invalid yaml documents if you are using merge anchors.
 
-For more advanced sorting, using `to_entries` to convert the map to an array, then sort/process the array as you like (e.g. using `sort_by`) and convert back to a map using `from_entries`.
-See [here](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/entries#custom-sort-map-keys) for an example. 
+For more advanced sorting, you can use the [sort_by](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/sort) function on a map, and give it a custom function like `sort_by(key | downcase)`.
+
 
 ## Sort keys of map
 Given a sample.yml file of:

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/sort.md

@@ -109,6 +109,46 @@ cool:
   - c: banana
 ```
 
+## Sort a map
+Sorting a map, by default this will sort by the values
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+y: b
+z: a
+x: c
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'sort' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+z: a
+y: b
+x: c
+```
+
+## Sort a map by keys
+Use sort_by to sort a map using a custom function
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+Y: b
+z: a
+x: c
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'sort_by(key | downcase)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+x: c
+Y: b
+z: a
+```
+
 ## Sort is stable
 Note the order of the elements in unchanged when equal in sorting.
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/string-operators.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## RegEx
 This uses Golang's native regex functions under the hood - See their [docs](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) for the supported syntax.
 
-Case insensitive tip: prefix the regex with `(?i)` - e.g. `test("(?i)cats)"`.
+Case insensitive tip: prefix the regex with `(?i)` - e.g. `test("(?i)cats")`.
 
 ### match(regEx)
 This operator returns the substring match details of the given regEx.

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/traverse-read.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 This is the simplest (and perhaps most used) operator. It is used to navigate deeply into yaml structures.
 
+
+## NOTE --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec flag
+`yq` doesn't merge anchors `<<:` to spec, in some circumstances it incorrectly overrides existing keys when the spec documents not to do that.
+
+To minimise disruption while still fixing the issue, a flag has been added to toggle this behaviour. This will first default to false; and log warnings to users. Then it will default to true (and still allow users to specify false if needed)
+
+See examples of the flag differences below, where LEGACY is the flag off; and FIXED is with the flag on.
+
+
 ## Simple map navigation
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -303,37 +312,6 @@ will output
 foo_a
 ```
 
-## Traversing merge anchors with override
-Given a sample.yml file of:
-```yaml
-foo: &foo
-  a: foo_a
-  thing: foo_thing
-  c: foo_c
-bar: &bar
-  b: bar_b
-  thing: bar_thing
-  c: bar_c
-foobarList:
-  b: foobarList_b
-  !!merge <<:
-    - *foo
-    - *bar
-  c: foobarList_c
-foobar:
-  c: foobar_c
-  !!merge <<: *foo
-  thing: foobar_thing
-```
-then
-```bash
-yq '.foobar.c' sample.yml
-```
-will output
-```yaml
-foo_c
-```
-
 ## Traversing merge anchors with local override
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -365,7 +343,93 @@ will output
 foobar_thing
 ```
 
-## Splatting merge anchors
+## Select multiple indices
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a:
+  - a
+  - b
+  - c
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.a[0, 2]' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a
+c
+```
+
+## LEGACY: Traversing merge anchors with override
+This is legacy behaviour, see --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.foobar.c' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo_c
+```
+
+## LEGACY: Traversing merge anchor lists
+Note that the later merge anchors override previous, but this is legacy behaviour, see --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.foobarList.thing' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+bar_thing
+```
+
+## LEGACY: Splatting merge anchors
+With legacy override behaviour, see --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec
+
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
 foo: &foo
@@ -398,40 +462,9 @@ foo_a
 foobar_thing
 ```
 
-## Traversing merge anchor lists
-Note that the later merge anchors override previous
+## LEGACY: Splatting merge anchor lists
+With legacy override behaviour, see --yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec
 
-Given a sample.yml file of:
-```yaml
-foo: &foo
-  a: foo_a
-  thing: foo_thing
-  c: foo_c
-bar: &bar
-  b: bar_b
-  thing: bar_thing
-  c: bar_c
-foobarList:
-  b: foobarList_b
-  !!merge <<:
-    - *foo
-    - *bar
-  c: foobarList_c
-foobar:
-  c: foobar_c
-  !!merge <<: *foo
-  thing: foobar_thing
-```
-then
-```bash
-yq '.foobarList.thing' sample.yml
-```
-will output
-```yaml
-bar_thing
-```
-
-## Splatting merge anchor lists
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
 foo: &foo
@@ -465,21 +498,140 @@ bar_thing
 foobarList_c
 ```
 
-## Select multiple indices
+## FIXED: Traversing merge anchors with override
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour.
+
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
-a:
-  - a
-  - b
-  - c
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq '.a[0, 2]' sample.yml
+yq '.foobar.c' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml
-a
-c
+foobar_c
+```
+
+## FIXED: Traversing merge anchor lists
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour. Note that the keys earlier in the merge anchors sequence override later ones
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.foobarList.thing' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo_thing
+```
+
+## FIXED: Splatting merge anchors
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour. Note that the keys earlier in the merge anchors sequence override later ones
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.foobar[]' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foo_a
+foobar_thing
+foobar_c
+```
+
+## FIXED: Splatting merge anchor lists
+Set `--yaml-fix-merge-anchor-to-spec=true` to get this correct merge behaviour. Note that the keys earlier in the merge anchors sequence override later ones
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+foo: &foo
+  a: foo_a
+  thing: foo_thing
+  c: foo_c
+bar: &bar
+  b: bar_b
+  thing: bar_thing
+  c: bar_c
+foobarList:
+  b: foobarList_b
+  !!merge <<:
+    - *foo
+    - *bar
+  c: foobarList_c
+foobar:
+  c: foobar_c
+  !!merge <<: *foo
+  thing: foobar_thing
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.foobarList[]' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+foobarList_b
+foo_thing
+foobarList_c
+foo_a
 ```
 

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/unique.md

@@ -63,7 +63,29 @@ will output
 - ~
 ```
 
-## Unique array object fields
+## Unique array objects
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- name: harry
+  pet: cat
+- name: billy
+  pet: dog
+- name: harry
+  pet: cat
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'unique' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- name: harry
+  pet: cat
+- name: billy
+  pet: dog
+```
+
+## Unique array of objects by a field
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
 - name: harry
@@ -85,3 +107,25 @@ will output
   pet: dog
 ```
 
+## Unique array of arrays
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- - cat
+  - dog
+- - cat
+  - sheep
+- - cat
+  - dog
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'unique' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- - cat
+  - dog
+- - cat
+  - sheep
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/properties.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ person.food[0] = pizza
 ```
 
 ## Encode properties - custom separator
-Use the --properties-customer-separator flag to specify your own key/value separator.
+Use the --properties-separator flag to specify your own key/value separator.
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ emptyMap: []
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq -o=props --properties-customer-separator=" :@ " sample.yml
+yq -o=props --properties-separator=" :@ " sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```properties
@@ -230,6 +230,23 @@ person:
     - pizza
 ```
 
+## Decode properties: numbers
+All values are assumed to be strings when parsing properties, but you can use the `from_yaml` operator on all the strings values to autoparse into the correct type.
+
+Given a sample.properties file of:
+```properties
+a.b = 10
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq -p=props ' (.. | select(tag == "!!str")) |= from_yaml' sample.properties
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a:
+  b: 10
+```
+
 ## Decode properties - array should be a map
 If you have a numeric map key in your property files, use array_to_map to convert them to maps.
 

pkg/yqlib/encoder_base64.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nobase64
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_csv.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nocsv
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_ini.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+//go:build !yq_noini
+
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/go-ini/ini"
+)
+
+type iniEncoder struct {
+	indentString string
+}
+
+// NewINIEncoder creates a new INI encoder
+func NewINIEncoder() Encoder {
+	// Hardcoded indent value of 0, meaning no additional spacing.
+	return &iniEncoder{""}
+}
+
+// CanHandleAliases indicates whether the encoder supports aliases. INI does not support aliases.
+func (ie *iniEncoder) CanHandleAliases() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// PrintDocumentSeparator is a no-op since INI does not support multiple documents.
+func (ie *iniEncoder) PrintDocumentSeparator(_ io.Writer) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PrintLeadingContent is a no-op since INI does not support leading content or comments at the encoder level.
+func (ie *iniEncoder) PrintLeadingContent(_ io.Writer, _ string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Encode converts a CandidateNode into INI format and writes it to the provided writer.
+func (ie *iniEncoder) Encode(writer io.Writer, node *CandidateNode) error {
+	log.Debugf("I need to encode %v", NodeToString(node))
+	log.Debugf("kids %v", len(node.Content))
+
+	if node.Kind == ScalarNode {
+		return writeStringINI(writer, node.Value+"\n")
+	}
+
+	// Create a new INI configuration.
+	cfg := ini.Empty()
+
+	if node.Kind == MappingNode {
+		// Default section for key-value pairs at the root level.
+		defaultSection, err := cfg.NewSection(ini.DefaultSection)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Process the node's content.
+		for i := 0; i < len(node.Content); i += 2 {
+			keyNode := node.Content[i]
+			valueNode := node.Content[i+1]
+			key := keyNode.Value
+
+			switch valueNode.Kind {
+			case ScalarNode:
+				// Add key-value pair to the default section.
+				_, err := defaultSection.NewKey(key, valueNode.Value)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			case MappingNode:
+				// Create a new section for nested MappingNode.
+				section, err := cfg.NewSection(key)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				// Process nested key-value pairs.
+				for j := 0; j < len(valueNode.Content); j += 2 {
+					nestedKeyNode := valueNode.Content[j]
+					nestedValueNode := valueNode.Content[j+1]
+					if nestedValueNode.Kind == ScalarNode {
+						_, err := section.NewKey(nestedKeyNode.Value, nestedValueNode.Value)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+					} else {
+						log.Debugf("Skipping nested non-scalar value for key %s: %v", nestedKeyNode.Value, nestedValueNode.Kind)
+					}
+				}
+			default:
+				log.Debugf("Skipping non-scalar value for key %s: %v", key, valueNode.Kind)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("INI encoder supports only MappingNode at the root level, got %v", node.Kind)
+	}
+
+	// Use a buffer to store the INI output as the library doesn't support direct io.Writer with indent.
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	_, err := cfg.WriteToIndent(&buffer, ie.indentString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write the buffer content to the provided writer.
+	_, err = writer.Write(buffer.Bytes())
+	return err
+}
+
+// writeStringINI is a helper function to write a string to the provided writer for INI encoder.
+func writeStringINI(writer io.Writer, content string) error {
+	_, err := writer.Write([]byte(content))
+	return err
+}

pkg/yqlib/encoder_lua.go

@@ -167,10 +167,14 @@ func needsQuoting(s string) bool {
 	// [%a_][%w_]*
 	for i, c := range s {
 		if i == 0 {
+			// keeping for legacy reasons, upgraded linter
+			//nolint:staticcheck
 			if !((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '_') {
 				return true
 			}
 		} else {
+			// keeping for legacy reasons, upgraded linter
+			//nolint:staticcheck
 			if !((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '_') {
 				return true
 			}
@@ -299,10 +303,10 @@ func (le *luaEncoder) encodeAny(writer io.Writer, node *CandidateNode) error {
 				return writeString(writer, node.Value)
 			}
 		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("Lua encoder NYI -- %s", node.Tag)
+			return fmt.Errorf("lua encoder NYI -- %s", node.Tag)
 		}
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Lua encoder NYI -- %s", node.Tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("lua encoder NYI -- %s", node.Tag)
 	}
 }
 

pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noprops
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ func (pe *propertiesEncoder) doEncode(p *properties.Properties, node *CandidateN
 	case AliasNode:
 		return pe.doEncode(p, node.Alias, path, nil)
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported node %v", node.Tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported node %v", node.Tag)
 	}
 }
 

pkg/yqlib/encoder_sh.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nosh
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_shellvariables.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_noshell
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ func (pe *shellVariablesEncoder) doEncode(w *io.Writer, node *CandidateNode, pat
 	case AliasNode:
 		return pe.doEncode(w, node.Alias, path)
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported node %v", node.Tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported node %v", node.Tag)
 	}
 }
 

pkg/yqlib/encoder_uri.go

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !yq_nouri
+
 package yqlib
 
 import (

pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"go.yaml.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
 			}