yq/pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml_test.go
barry3406 be5d5da882 Fix roundtrip of top-level string scalars that look like YAML structure
When UnwrapScalar is enabled (the default for yaml output), the yaml
encoder writes node.Value verbatim as a bare line. Any string whose
content is itself a valid YAML mapping, sequence, or alias then round
trips as that container instead of as a string. For example, the input
document `"this: should really work"` previously re-emitted as the bare
line `this: should really work`, which the next reader parses as a one
key map, destroying the original scalar. The same problem surfaces
whenever a multiline string literal happens to contain `key: value`
lines, which is the form the bug report uses for its second reproducer.

Guard the fast-path by re-parsing node.Value with yaml.v4: if the bare
form decodes to a non-scalar, fall through to the regular encoder so it
can apply the quoting style required by the YAML spec. The check is
limited to `!!str` nodes and to structural reinterpretations, so tag
expressions such as `!!int` and plain strings that re-read as integers,
booleans, or nulls are unaffected. An unparseable value (e.g. one
containing NUL) stays on the fast-path so downstream NUL-aware writers
still see the raw bytes.

Updates the base64 "decode yaml document" scenario whose expected
output was `a: apple\n` bare; it is now emitted as a block literal,
which round-trips back to the same string.

Reproducer:

```
printf '"this: should really work"\n' | yq -p yaml -o yaml
```

Before this fix the second run of yq parses the output as a map;
after, it remains the original string.

Fixes #2608
2026-04-11 09:06:37 -07:00

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package yqlib
import (
"bytes"
"strings"
"testing"
)
// TestYamlEncoderUnwrapScalarRoundtripSafety verifies that a top-level string
// scalar whose unquoted form would re-parse as a non-scalar node (map or
// sequence) is emitted quoted even when UnwrapScalar is enabled. Safe plain
// strings continue to round-trip through the existing fast-path. See #2608.
func TestYamlEncoderUnwrapScalarRoundtripSafety(t *testing.T) {
cases := []struct {
name string
value string
wantBare bool // true: output equals value+"\n"; false: output must differ
}{
{name: "colon_parses_as_map", value: "this: should really work"},
{name: "dash_parses_as_seq", value: "- item"},
{name: "multiline_maplike", value: "a: a\nb: b"},
{name: "safe_plain_string", value: "hello world", wantBare: true},
{name: "safe_identifier", value: "cat", wantBare: true},
{name: "safe_digits_preserved", value: "123", wantBare: true},
{name: "safe_null_word_preserved", value: "null", wantBare: true},
{name: "safe_tag_shorthand_preserved", value: "!!int", wantBare: true},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
prefs := NewDefaultYamlPreferences()
prefs.UnwrapScalar = true
var buf bytes.Buffer
err := NewYamlEncoder(prefs).Encode(&buf, &CandidateNode{
Kind: ScalarNode,
Tag: "!!str",
Value: tc.value,
})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("encode failed: %v", err)
}
got := buf.String()
if tc.wantBare {
if got != tc.value+"\n" {
t.Fatalf("expected bare %q, got %q", tc.value+"\n", got)
}
return
}
// Ambiguous input: must not be emitted as the bare value.
if got == tc.value+"\n" {
t.Fatalf("value %q was emitted bare; expected quoted form", tc.value)
}
// The output must round-trip back to a string scalar with the
// same value, proving structural roundtrip safety.
decoder := NewYamlDecoder(NewDefaultYamlPreferences())
nodes, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(got), "test.yaml", 0, decoder)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("decode of %q failed: %v", got, err)
}
if nodes.Len() != 1 {
t.Fatalf("expected one document, got %d", nodes.Len())
}
candidate := nodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
// readDocuments wraps the document; descend to the scalar.
scalar := candidate
for scalar.Kind != ScalarNode && len(scalar.Content) == 1 {
scalar = scalar.Content[0]
}
if scalar.Kind != ScalarNode {
t.Fatalf("round-tripped node is not a scalar: kind=%v value=%q", scalar.Kind, scalar.Value)
}
if scalar.Tag != "!!str" {
t.Fatalf("round-tripped tag is %q, want !!str", scalar.Tag)
}
if scalar.Value != tc.value {
t.Fatalf("round-tripped value is %q, want %q", scalar.Value, tc.value)
}
})
}
}