Clean up the cringe

processor/json.go

@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@ func ProcessJSON(content string, command utils.ModifyCommand, filename string) (
 		return commands, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert Lua table back to Go: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Use surgical JSON editing instead of full replacement
+	commands, err = applyJSONChanges(content, jsonData, goData)
-	commands, err = applySurgicalJSONChanges(content, jsonData, goData)
 	if err != nil {
-		processJsonLogger.Error("Failed to apply surgical JSON changes: %v", err)
+		processJsonLogger.Error("Failed to apply JSON changes: %v", err)
-		return commands, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply surgical JSON changes: %v", err)
+		return commands, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply JSON changes: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	processJsonLogger.Debug("Total JSON processing time: %v", time.Since(startTime))
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ func ProcessJSON(content string, command utils.ModifyCommand, filename string) (
 	return commands, nil
 }
 
-// applySurgicalJSONChanges compares original and modified data and applies changes surgically
+func applyJSONChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interface{}) ([]utils.ReplaceCommand, error) {
-func applySurgicalJSONChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interface{}) ([]utils.ReplaceCommand, error) {
 	var commands []utils.ReplaceCommand
 
 	// Convert both to JSON for comparison
@@ -121,25 +119,23 @@ func applySurgicalJSONChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interfa
 		return commands, nil
 	}
 
-	// ALWAYS try surgical approach first - never fall back to full replacement
+	appliedCommands, err := applyChanges(content, originalData, modifiedData)
-	// This ensures field order is always preserved
+	if err == nil && len(appliedCommands) > 0 {
-	surgicalCommands, err := applyTrueSurgicalChanges(content, originalData, modifiedData)
+		return appliedCommands, nil
-	if err == nil && len(surgicalCommands) > 0 {
-		return surgicalCommands, nil
 	}
 
-	// If surgical approach fails or finds no changes, something is wrong
+	return commands, fmt.Errorf("failed to make any changes to the json")
-	// This should not happen if there are actual changes
-	return commands, fmt.Errorf("surgical approach failed but changes detected")
 }
 
-// applyTrueSurgicalChanges attempts to make surgical changes while preserving exact formatting
+// applyChanges attempts to make surgical changes while preserving exact formatting
-func applyTrueSurgicalChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interface{}) ([]utils.ReplaceCommand, error) {
+func applyChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interface{}) ([]utils.ReplaceCommand, error) {
 	var commands []utils.ReplaceCommand
 
 	// Find all changes between original and modified data
 	changes := findDeepChanges("", originalData, modifiedData)
-
+	
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Found %d changes: %v\n", len(changes), changes)
+	
 	if len(changes) == 0 {
 		return commands, nil
 	}
@@ -169,27 +165,21 @@ func applyTrueSurgicalChanges(content string, originalData, modifiedData interfa
 		actualPath := strings.TrimSuffix(removalPath, "@remove")
 		index := extractIndexFromRemovalPath(removalPath)
 		arrayPath := getArrayPathFromElementPath(actualPath)
-
+		
-		fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Removing element at path '%s' (index %d, array path '%s')\n", actualPath, index, arrayPath)
-
 		// Get the array element to remove
 		result := gjson.Get(content, actualPath)
 		if !result.Exists() {
-			fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Element does not exist\n")
 			continue
 		}
-
+		
 		// Find the exact byte range to remove (including comma/formatting)
 		startPos, endPos := findArrayElementRemovalRange(content, arrayPath, index)
 		if startPos >= 0 && endPos > startPos {
-			fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Removing bytes %d-%d: %q\n", startPos, endPos, content[startPos:endPos])
 			commands = append(commands, utils.ReplaceCommand{
 				From: startPos,
 				To:   endPos,
 				With: "", // Remove the element
 			})
-		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Invalid range %d-%d\n", startPos, endPos)
 		}
 	}
 

processor/json_test.go

@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@ func TestProcessJSON(t *testing.T) {
 			name:           "Basic JSON object modification",
 			input:          `{"name": "test", "value": 42}`,
 			luaExpression:  `data.value = data.value * 2; return true`,
-			expectedOutput: `{"name": "test", "value": 84}`, // Surgical editing preserves compact format
+			expectedOutput: `{"name": "test", "value": 84}`,
 			expectedMods:   1,
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "JSON array modification",
-			input:          `{"items": [{"id": 1, "value": 10}, {"id": 2, "value": 20}]}`,
+			input:          `{"items": [{"name": "item1", "value": 10}, {"name": "item2", "value": 20}]}`,
-			luaExpression:  `for i, item in ipairs(data.items) do data.items[i].value = item.value * 1.5 end; return true`,
+			luaExpression:  `for i, item in ipairs(data.items) do item.value = item.value * 2 end modified = true`,
-			expectedOutput: `{"items": [{"id": 1, "value": 15}, {"id": 2, "value": 30}]}`, // Surgical editing preserves compact format
+			expectedOutput: `{"items": [{"name": "item1", "value": 20}, {"name": "item2", "value": 40}]}`,
-			expectedMods:   1,
+			expectedMods:   2, 
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "JSON nested object modification",
-			input:          `{"config": {"settings": {"enabled": false, "timeout": 30}}}`,
+			input:          `{"config": {"setting1": {"enabled": true, "value": 5}, "setting2": {"enabled": false, "value": 10}}}`,
-			luaExpression:  `data.config.settings.enabled = true; data.config.settings.timeout = 60; return true`,
+			luaExpression:  `data.config.setting1.enabled = false data.config.setting2.value = 15 modified = true`,
-			expectedOutput: `{"config": {"settings": {"enabled": true, "timeout": 60}}}`, // Surgical editing preserves compact format
+			expectedOutput: `{"config": {"setting1": {"enabled": false, "value": 5}, "setting2": {"enabled": false, "value": 15}}}`,
-			expectedMods:   1,
+			expectedMods:   2,
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "JSON no modification",

processor/surgical_json_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func TestSurgicalJSONEditing(t *testing.T) {
 		content  string
 		luaCode  string
 		expected string
+		skip     bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Modify single field",
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ modified = true
 			expected: `{
   "name": "test",
   "value": 42
-,"newField":"added"}`, // sjson.Set() adds new fields in compact format
+,"newField":"added"}`, 
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Modify nested field",
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ modified = true
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.skip {
+				t.Skip("Skipping test due to surgical approach not handling this case yet")
+			}
 			command := utils.ModifyCommand{
 				Name: "test",
 				Lua:  tt.luaCode,