From 79e78b234ce943a680638cf3cf7dcf07cbf36447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Pelletier <pelletier.thomas@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:50:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Decoder: fix panic on table array behind a pointer (#682)

Fixes #677
---
 unmarshaler.go      |  4 +++-
 unmarshaler_test.go | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/unmarshaler.go b/unmarshaler.go
index 722e47d..46b4460 100644
--- a/unmarshaler.go
+++ b/unmarshaler.go
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ func (d *decoder) handleArrayTableCollection(key ast.Iterator, v reflect.Value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return reflect.Value{}, err
 		}
-		v.Elem().Set(elem)
+		if elem.IsValid() {
+			v.Elem().Set(elem)
+		}
 
 		return v, nil
 	case reflect.Slice:
diff --git a/unmarshaler_test.go b/unmarshaler_test.go
index b2bc7be..8823f8c 100644
--- a/unmarshaler_test.go
+++ b/unmarshaler_test.go
@@ -2220,6 +2220,42 @@ func TestIssue666(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestIssue677(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := `
+[Build]
+Name = "publication build"
+
+[[Build.Dependencies]]
+Name = "command"
+Program = "hugo"
+`
+
+	type _tomlJob struct {
+		Dependencies []map[string]interface{}
+	}
+
+	type tomlParser struct {
+		Build *_tomlJob
+	}
+
+	p := tomlParser{}
+
+	err := toml.Unmarshal([]byte(doc), &p)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := tomlParser{
+		Build: &_tomlJob{
+			Dependencies: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"Name":    "command",
+					"Program": "hugo",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, expected, p)
+}
+
 //nolint:funlen
 func TestUnmarshalDecodeErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	examples := []struct {