Fixed explode for aliases to scalars

cmd/commands_test.go

@@ -322,6 +322,21 @@ pointer: *value-pointer`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
+func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeSimpleValueForValueCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	content := `value: &value-pointer the value
+pointer: *value-pointer`
+	filename := test.WriteTempYamlFile(content)
+	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
+
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("read -X %s value", filename))
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `the value`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
 	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "read -X ../examples/merge-anchor.yaml")

pkg/yqlib/data_navigator.go

@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ func (n *navigator) Traverse(value *yaml.Node, path []string) error {
 }
 
 func (n *navigator) doTraverse(value *yaml.Node, head string, tail []string, pathStack []interface{}) error {
+
+	if value.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode {
+		return n.navigationStrategy.Visit(NewNodeContext(value, head, tail, pathStack))
+	}
+
 	log.Debug("head %v", head)
 	DebugNode(value)
+
 	var errorDeepSplatting error
-	if head == "**" && value.Kind != yaml.ScalarNode {
+	if head == "**" {
 		if len(pathStack) == 0 || pathStack[len(pathStack)-1] != "<<" {
 			errorDeepSplatting = n.recurse(value, head, tail, pathStack)
 		}