nested values in a module doesn't work

[jrobison-sb]

This example file:

$ cat /tmp/attr.hcl 

# This resource is pasted directly from the hcledit readme
resource "foo" "bar" {
  attr1 = "val1"
  nested {
    attr2 = "val2"
  }
}

# And I expect this module to work with nesting the same way as the above resource
module "foo" {
  nested = {
    attr2 = "val2"
  }
}

Retrieving a nested value from the resource works as expected:

$ cat /tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute get resource.foo.bar.nested.attr2
"val2"

But retrieving a similary nested value from the module doesn't work:

$ cat /tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute get module.foo.nested.attr2
[no output at all]

Note that I can get the nested map, I just can't seem to recurse inside it:

$ cat /tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute get module.foo.nested
{
    attr2 = "val2"
  }

$ hcledit version
0.2.10
# On an Apple Silicon Macbook, if that matters

[nikpivkin]

Hi @jrobison-sb

This is not an issue with the module. attr2 is an nested map field, not an attribute. It will also not work for resources, for example:

cat ./test/main.tf
resource "foo" "bar" {
  attr1 = "val1"
  nested = {
    attr2 = "val2"
  }
}%

cat ./test/main.tf| ./hcledit attribute get resource.foo.bar.nested.attr2

[ilia-faraway]

Terragrunt inputs are also defined as a map fields https://terragrunt.gruntwork.io/docs/features/inputs/, and it will be very handy to manipulate them. It will be great to have such a functionality!

[wondersd]

made a comment with a workaround for this kind of functionality (dont believe it will work with nested blocks, but does work with nested attributes/objects/maps)

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