From a38613ec8f9e1cf0d979db9284036208dea9fc44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leandro Mendes <lmendes@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:08:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cleaning up the code Signed-off-by: Leandro Mendes
 <lmendes@redhat.com>

---
 utils/update-paths | 11 ++---------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/update-paths b/utils/update-paths
index 3f86b09..5146677 100755
--- a/utils/update-paths
+++ b/utils/update-paths
@@ -46,28 +46,21 @@ if [ -z "${PATHS}" ] || [ -z "${FILE}" ]; then
     exit
 fi
 
-newPaths='{"paths": []}'
 pathsLength=$(jq -cr '. |length' <<< "${PATHS}")
 for(( p=0; p<pathsLength; p++)); do
 
   path=$(jq ".[${p}]" <<< "${PATHS}")
-  newPath=$(jq '{"path": .path}' <<< "${path}")
-
-  newReplacements='{"replacements": []}'
   replacementsLength=$(jq '.replacements | length' <<< "${path}")
   for(( r=0; r<replacementsLength; r++ )); do
-
-      replacement=$(jq -cr ".replacements[${r}].replacement" <<< "${path}" |jq -R )
+      replacement=$(jq -cr ".replacements[${r}].replacement" <<< "${path}")
       if grep -q '{{.*}}' <<< "${replacement}"; then
-          # get the yq expression and use xargs to remove the trailling whitespaces
           yqExp=$(sed 's|.*{{\(.*\)}}.*|\1|' <<< "${replacement}")
 
           # execute the yq expression and replace the "replacement string" with the result
           yqResult=$(yq -oy -r "${yqExp}" "${FILE}")
           newReplacement=$(sed "s|{{.*}}|"${yqResult}"|g" <<< "${replacement}")
 
-          # appends to the newReplacements array
-          PATHS=$(jq -cr ".[${p}].replacements[$r].replacement = ${newReplacement}" <<< "${PATHS}")
+          PATHS=$(jq -cr ".[${p}].replacements[$r].replacement = \"${newReplacement}\"" <<< "${PATHS}")
       fi
   done
 done