From cc1e647dfc8ddcf3ac2af251e283c4626d834845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Wang <alex@terrastruct.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:17:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix var panic

---
 d2ir/compile.go                               |  4 ++
 .../TestCompile/import-var-chain.exp.json     | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.exp.json

diff --git a/d2ir/compile.go b/d2ir/compile.go
index 9473b7e37..a239862a8 100644
--- a/d2ir/compile.go
+++ b/d2ir/compile.go
@@ -1134,6 +1134,10 @@ func (c *compiler) extendLinks(m *Map, importF *Field, importDir string) {
 	nodeBoardKind := NodeBoardKind(m)
 	importIDA := IDA(importF)
 	for _, f := range m.Fields {
+		// A substitute or such
+		if f.Name == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		if f.Name.ScalarString() == "link" && f.Name.IsUnquoted() {
 			if nodeBoardKind != "" {
 				c.errorf(f.LastRef().AST(), "a board itself cannot be linked; only objects within a board can be linked")
diff --git a/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.exp.json b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8868dcdb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  "graph": {
+    "name": "",
+    "isFolderOnly": true,
+    "ast": {
+      "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.d2,0:0:0-1:0:8",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "import": {
+            "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.d2,0:0:0-0:7:7",
+            "spread": true,
+            "pre": "",
+            "path": [
+              {
+                "unquoted_string": {
+                  "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/import-var-chain.d2,0:4:4-0:7:7",
+                  "value": [
+                    {
+                      "string": "dev",
+                      "raw_string": "dev"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "id": "",
+      "id_val": "",
+      "attributes": {
+        "label": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "labelDimensions": {
+          "width": 0,
+          "height": 0
+        },
+        "style": {},
+        "near_key": null,
+        "shape": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "direction": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "constraint": null
+      },
+      "zIndex": 0
+    },
+    "edges": null,
+    "objects": null
+  },
+  "err": null
+}