From e018dad91e73a798d3ee7a2433b5ff8500feb1eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E2=98=99=E2=97=A6=20The=20Tablet=20=E2=9D=80=20GamerGirla?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ndCo=20=E2=97=A6=E2=9D=A7?= <i.am.the.tablet@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:50:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update getNested utility to better handle slice fields

---
 util.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index eedccf6..552585e 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func getNested(field string, aValue reflect.Value) (*reflect.Type, *reflect.Valu
 	if strings.HasPrefix(field, ".") || strings.HasSuffix(field, ".") {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf(errFmtMalformedField, field)
 	}
+	value := aValue
+	if value.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+		value = value.Elem()
+	}
+	aft := value.Type()
 	dots := strings.Split(field, ".")
 	if value.Kind() != reflect.Struct /*&& arrRegex.FindString(dots[0]) == ""*/ {
 		if value.Kind() == reflect.Slice {