fix: support ref in object root and not return 500

src/configs/models/configManager.ts

@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ export class ConfigManager {
         replacementValue = { ...prevValue, ...config.config };
       }
 
+      if (path === '') {
+        Object.assign(obj, replacementValue);
+        return;
+      }
+
       pointer.set(obj, path, replacementValue);
     }
   }

tests/integration/configs/configs.spec.ts

@@ -389,6 +389,23 @@ describe('config', function () {
         expect(response.status).toBe(httpStatusCodes.CREATED);
         expect(response).toSatisfyApiSpec();
       });
+
+      it('should return 201 and create a config that is a root ref to another config', async function () {
+        const response = await requestSender.postConfig({
+          configName: 'config-root-ref',
+          schemaId: 'https://mapcolonies.com/simpleSchema/v1',
+          version: 1,
+          config: {
+            $ref: {
+              configName: 'config1',
+              version: 'latest',
+            },
+          },
+        });
+
+        expect(response.status).toBe(httpStatusCodes.CREATED);
+        expect(response).toSatisfyApiSpec();
+      });
     });
 
     describe('Bad Path', function () {

tests/unit/config/configManager.spec.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ describe('ConfigManager', () => {
       expect(result).toStrictEqual({ ...config, config: { avi: { test: 'test' } } });
     });
 
+    it('should return the config with it being dereferenced when the ref is in the root of the object', async () => {
+      // @ts-expect-error ts wants this to be a predicate
+      configValidator.validateRef = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true);
+      const config = {
+        config: { $ref: { configName: 'refName', version: 1 } },
+      };
+      const refs: ConfigRefResponse[] = [{ config: { test: 'test' }, configName: 'refName', version: 1, isMaxVersion: false }];
+      configRepository.getConfigRecursive = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([config, refs]);
+
+      const result = await configManager.getConfig('configName', 1, true);
+
+      expect(result).toStrictEqual({ ...config, config: { test: 'test' } });
+    });
+
     it('should throw ConfigNotFoundError when the config does not exist', async () => {
       configRepository.getConfig = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);