From 36684e920c0acfc4aeb3afd26db1a48561d57b11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DualFroz <me@dualfroz.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:42:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add a test for update-assignment with overlapping paths into
 nested objects

---
 cli/test.yaml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/test.yaml b/cli/test.yaml
index 3b77647..a2ef24f 100644
--- a/cli/test.yaml
+++ b/cli/test.yaml
@@ -5510,6 +5510,14 @@
   expected: |
     {"a":{"p":{"b":{"p":1,"q":1},"z":{"p":null,"q":null}},"q":{"b":{"p":1,"q":1}}}}
 
+- name: update-assignment operator against nested object with overlapping paths
+  args:
+    - -c
+    - '(.a.b.c,.a,.a.p.b.z) |= {p: ., q: .}'
+  input: '{"a":{"b":{"c":1}}}'
+  expected: |
+    {"a":{"p":{"b":{"c":{"p":1,"q":1},"z":{"p":null,"q":null}}},"q":{"b":{"c":{"p":1,"q":1}}}}}
+
 - name: update-assignment operator with optional operator
   args:
     - -c