From f03825671e87d60214d67407c457fb0f89d4c79d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lilleman <mikael.goransson@timewave.se>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:25:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Report the canonical node path in load errors

---
 fakes.go     | 5 ++++-
 reference.go | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fakes.go b/fakes.go
index 16ba3e7..2df1b57 100644
--- a/fakes.go
+++ b/fakes.go
@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ func (f *Fakes) List() []string {
 }
 
 func join(prefix, name string) string {
-	if prefix == "" {
+	switch {
+	case prefix == "":
 		return name
+	case name == "":
+		return prefix
 	}
 	return prefix + "." + name
 }
diff --git a/reference.go b/reference.go
index f658093..f3bd7fe 100644
--- a/reference.go
+++ b/reference.go
@@ -90,9 +90,14 @@ func contained(n node) []namedNode {
 	}
 }
 
+// named skips a bound {..path} key: it is a render edge, not containment, so using
+// it as a path segment would report a node under a path that does not reach it.
 func named(m map[string]node) []namedNode {
 	out := make([]namedNode, 0, len(m))
 	for _, name := range sortedNames(m) {
+		if isRef(name) {
+			continue
+		}
 		out = append(out, namedNode{name: name, node: m[name]})
 	}
 	return out