fix error message

api/filters/replacement/replacement.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"errors"
+
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/utils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
@@ -117,6 +119,14 @@ func applyToNode(node *yaml.RNode, value *yaml.RNode, target *types.TargetSelect
 		var t *yaml.RNode
 		var err error
 		if target.Options != nil && target.Options.Create {
+			// create option is not supported in a wildcard matching.
+			// Because, PathMatcher is not supported create option.
+			// So, if create option is set, we fallback to PathGetter.
+			for _, f := range fieldPath {
+				if f == "*" {
+					return errors.New("cannot support create option in a multi-value target")
+				}
+			}
 			t, err = node.Pipe(yaml.LookupCreate(value.YNode().Kind, fieldPath...))
 		} else {
 			t, err = node.Pipe(&yaml.PathMatcher{Path: fieldPath})

api/filters/replacement/replacement_test.go

@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ spec:
     options:
       create: true
 `,
-			expectedErr: "cannot support create option in a multi-value target now",
+			expectedErr: "cannot support create option in a multi-value target",
 		},
 		"multiple field paths in target": {
 			input: `apiVersion: v1

kyaml/yaml/fns.go

@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ func (l PathGetter) getFilter(part, nextPart string, fieldPath *[]string) (Filte
 		// part is a hyphen
 		return GetElementByIndex(-1), nil
 	case part == "*":
-		// part is a asterisk
+		// PathGetter is not support for wildcard matching
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("cannot support create option in a multi-value target now")
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("wildcard is not supported in PathGetter")
 	case IsListIndex(part):
 		// part is surrounded by brackets
 		return l.elemFilter(part)

kyaml/yaml/fns_test.go

@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func TestLookup_Fn_create_with_wildcard_error(t *testing.T) {
 	node, err := Parse(s)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = node.Pipe(LookupCreate(yaml.MappingNode, "a", "b", "*", "t"))
-	assert.Error(t, err, "cannot support create option in a multi-value target now")
+	assert.Error(t, err, "wildcard is not supported in PathGetter")
 }
 
 func TestLookup(t *testing.T) {