chore: recognize our standard types in ref visitor

pkg/controller/direct/common/refs.go

@@ -184,7 +184,24 @@ type refNormalizer struct {
 	project *refs.Project
 }
 
+type Normalizable interface {
+	NormalizedExternal(context.Context, client.Reader, string) (string, error)
+}
+
 func (r *refNormalizer) VisitField(path string, v any) error {
+	ctx := r.ctx
+
+	if v == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if normalizable, ok := v.(Normalizable); ok {
+		_, err := normalizable.NormalizedExternal(ctx, r.kube, r.src.GetNamespace())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
 	if logsPanel, ok := v.(*krm.LogsPanel); ok {
 		for i := range logsPanel.ResourceNames {
 			if ref, err := normalizeResourceName(r.ctx, r.kube, r.src, &logsPanel.ResourceNames[i]); err != nil {

pkg/controller/direct/common/visitfields.go

@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func (w *visitorWalker) visitAny(path string, v reflect.Value) {
 		switch elemType.Kind() {
 		case reflect.Struct, reflect.String:
 			for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
-				w.visitAny(path+"[]", v.Index(i))
+				// We pass the address, so that the visitor can mutate the value in place
+				w.visitAny(path+"[]", v.Index(i).Addr())
 			}
 		case reflect.Uint8:
 			// Do not visit []byte as individual values, treat as a leaf