Boolean as string cannot be updated to boolean value

[drfunjohn]

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Version of yq: 4.20.2
Operating system: macos 11.6.2
Installed via: homebrew

Input Yaml
data1.yml:

debug: "true" 

Command
The command you ran:

yq eval '.debug = true' -i data1.yml 

Actual behavior
no changes

Expected behavior
boolean value should be set (without quotes: true), instead previously boolean as string (string value: "true"):

debug: true

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[mikefarah]

I am able to replicate this, will fix in the next release.

For now, you can work around the issue by:

yq 'with(.debug; . tag = "!!bool" | . style = "")' -i data1.yml

[drfunjohn]

Thanx. 👍