From e61fc6f5a1e144af832b560617098862fd0603d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "codefix-patchflow[bot]"
 <292349666+codefix-patchflow[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:59:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle require edge case

---
 lib/parse.js | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index 549de82e..08b21029 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -227,10 +227,37 @@ var splitKeyIntoSegments = function splitKeyIntoSegments(givenKey, options) {
         return [key];
     }
 
-    var brackets = /(\[[^[\]]*])/;
-    var child = /(\[[^[\]]*])/g;
+    var getBracketSegment = function getBracketSegment(start) {
+        var open = key.indexOf('[', start);
+        if (open === -1) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var depth = 0;
+        for (var j = open; j < key.length; ++j) {
+            var char = key.charAt(j);
+            if (char === '[') {
+                depth += 1;
+            } else if (char === ']') {
+                depth -= 1;
+                if (depth === 0) {
+                    return {
+                        index: open,
+                        next: j + 1,
+                        value: key.slice(open, j + 1)
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return {
+            index: open,
+            next: key.length,
+            value: key.slice(open)
+        };
+    };
 
-    var segment = brackets.exec(key);
+    var segment = getBracketSegment(0);
     var parent = segment ? key.slice(0, segment.index) : key;
 
     var keys = [];
@@ -246,17 +273,19 @@ var splitKeyIntoSegments = function splitKeyIntoSegments(givenKey, options) {
     }
 
     var i = 0;
-    while ((segment = child.exec(key)) !== null && i < options.depth) {
+    var pos = segment ? segment.index : 0;
+    while ((segment = getBracketSegment(pos)) !== null && i < options.depth) {
         i += 1;
 
-        var segmentContent = segment[1].slice(1, -1);
+        var segmentContent = segment.value.slice(1, -1);
         if (!options.plainObjects && has.call(Object.prototype, segmentContent)) {
             if (!options.allowPrototypes) {
                 return;
             }
         }
 
-        keys[keys.length] = segment[1];
+        keys[keys.length] = segment.value;
+        pos = segment.next;
     }
 
     if (segment) {