From deb8393798ec85ba421bdf370403e314bdeda486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andig <cpuidle@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 18:27:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add SubSlice to return slice of sub vipers

---
 viper.go      | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 viper_test.go | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 7b12b36e9..5f036b0e0 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -787,6 +787,28 @@ func (v *Viper) Sub(key string) *Viper {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SubSlice returns a slice of new Viper instances representing a sub tree of this instance.
+// Sub is case-insensitive for a key.
+func SubSlice(key string) []*Viper { return v.SubSlice(key) }
+func (v *Viper) SubSlice(key string) []*Viper {
+	data := v.Get(key)
+	if data == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if reflect.TypeOf(data).Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+		var vList []*Viper
+		for _, item := range data.([]interface{}) {
+			subv := New()
+			subv.config = cast.ToStringMap(item)
+			vList = append(vList, subv)
+		}
+		return vList
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetString returns the value associated with the key as a string.
 func GetString(key string) string { return v.GetString(key) }
 func (v *Viper) GetString(key string) string {
diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index b8ceccba5..456f633b9 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -1253,6 +1253,30 @@ func TestSub(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, (*Viper)(nil), subv)
 }
 
+func TestSubSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	var yamlList = []byte(`map:
+  foo: bar
+list:
+- foo: 0
+  bar: 0
+- foo: 1
+  bar: 1
+`)
+
+	v := New()
+	v.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	v.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(yamlList))
+
+	subvSlice := v.SubSlice("list")
+	for idx, subv := range subvSlice {
+		assert.Equal(t, subv.GetInt("foo"), idx)
+		assert.Equal(t, subv.GetInt("bar"), idx)
+	}
+
+	subvSlice = v.SubSlice("map")
+	assert.Equal(t, ([]*Viper)(nil), subvSlice)
+}
+
 var hclWriteExpected = []byte(`"foos" = {
   "foo" = {
     "key" = 1

From 5f99818ac1c05c706b3111e8355fea03fb94cb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andig <cpuidle@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:41:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix lint

---
 viper.go      | 3 +++
 viper_test.go | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index e46e507e1..e8694fba9 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -790,6 +790,9 @@ func (v *Viper) Sub(key string) *Viper {
 // SubSlice returns a slice of new Viper instances representing a sub tree of this instance.
 // Sub is case-insensitive for a key.
 func SubSlice(key string) []*Viper { return v.SubSlice(key) }
+
+// SubSlice returns a slice of new Viper instances representing a sub tree of this instance.
+// Sub is case-insensitive for a key.
 func (v *Viper) SubSlice(key string) []*Viper {
 	data := v.Get(key)
 	if data == nil {
diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index f43305ac1..43e6f3b13 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ func TestSub(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSubSlice(t *testing.T) {
-	var yamlList = []byte(`map:
+	yamlList := []byte(`map:
   foo: bar
 list:
 - foo: 0

From d2e5a7815526ceb0c6fd22a983cddf9a31640eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andig <cpuidle@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:43:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix lint (2)

---
 viper_test.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index 43e6f3b13..d67d56147 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ list:
 	}
 
 	subvSlice = v.SubSlice("map")
-	assert.Equal(t, ([]*Viper)(nil), subvSlice)
+	assert.Equal(t, []*Viper(nil), subvSlice)
 }
 
 func TestSubWithKeyDelimiter(t *testing.T) {