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The RNode.YNode method appears to make an effort to be "nil-safe". This change applies the same sort of behavior to a subset of other methods, e.g. RNode.Content, which access fields on the value returned by that method.

N.B. This change was originally prepared based on v5.4.2, as panics were observed when applying patches, using the kustomize command, indirectly, via skaffold. I didn't go as far as to determine what specifically was happening there, and whatever issue was present is notably resolved, as of v5.7.1.

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…l-safe"

This change is addressing observed panics within kustomize that obscure the
actual failure. The primary observed problem case involves RNode.Content.
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Thanks for your contribution!
Changing to nil safe seems like an entirely welcome change.

I added a few review comments, please check that.


// Content returns Node Content field.
func (rn *RNode) Content() []*yaml.Node {
if rn == nil {
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Please remain to check if rn == nil

if rn.YNode().Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
return nil
if yNode := rn.YNode(); yNode != nil {
if yNode.Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
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Please don't make the indent too deep here.
I think it's better to first store the value in the local variable of yNode and then check with if yNode == nil in an early-return format.

if rn == nil {
return nil
if yNode := rn.YNode(); yNode != nil {
return yNode.Content
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Same.
I think it's better to first store the value in the local variable of yNode and then check with if yNode == nil in an early-return format.

elem, err := rn.Pipe(MatchElement(key, value))
if err != nil {
return nil
if yNode := rn.YNode(); yNode != nil {
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Same

elem, err := rn.Pipe(MatchElementList(keys, values))
if err != nil {
return nil
if yNode := rn.YNode(); yNode != nil {
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Same

// Both of these scenarios should cause rn.YNode() to return nil.
nodesToTest := [...]struct {
name string
rn *RNode
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Please add a test case that rn is nil

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