From 24ea1b951a8046a89a2704b76347f6fa4599122a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramiro Algozino <algozino@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 19:19:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(kustomize): call json6902 only when needed

Call json6902 transformer only when there are patches to apply.

Addresses #5956
---
 api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go           | 5 ++++-
 plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go b/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
index 278d10093..442291d11 100644
--- a/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
+++ b/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ func (p *PatchTransformerPlugin) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	if p.smPatches != nil {
 		return p.transformStrategicMerge(m)
 	}
-	return p.transformJson6902(m)
+	if p.jsonPatches != nil {
+		return p.transformJson6902(m)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // transformStrategicMerge applies each loaded strategic merge patch
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
index 77e5439b0..4a2be54bf 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer.go
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ func (p *plugin) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	if p.smPatches != nil {
 		return p.transformStrategicMerge(m)
 	}
-	return p.transformJson6902(m)
+	if p.jsonPatches != nil {
+		return p.transformJson6902(m)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // transformStrategicMerge applies each loaded strategic merge patch