https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.16/html-single/cli_tools/index#oc-patch

oc patch command behaves weirdly differently (using ArgoCD CR , but wondering if this applies to CRs such deployment/pods ...):

--add env entry if not entries are there (env: does not exist)
oc patch ArgoCD openshift-gitops -n openshift-gitops --type=json --patch '[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/controller/env", "value": [

]}]' #this one works because each element has a space after it "value": ; "op": ; etc.
oc patch ArgoCD openshift-gitops -n openshift-gitops --type=json --patch '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/controller/env","value":{"name":"ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_PERSIST_RESOURCE_HEALTH","value":"false"}}]' # weirdly does not work because of there is no spaces there
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add a second entry in env:
oc patch ArgoCD openshift-gitops -n openshift-gitops --type=json --patch '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/controller/env/-","value":{"name":"ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_REPO_SERVER_PLAINTEXT","value":"false"}}]'

---- to add : 1 did not work (because of the space after elements such "op": , 2 worked
oc patch ArgoCD openshift-gitops n openshift-gitops --type=json --patch '[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/controller/env/", "value": [

]}]' : does not work
oc patch ArgoCD openshift-gitops -n openshift-gitops --type=json --patch '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/controller/env/-","value":{"name":"ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_PERSIST_RESOURCE_HEALTH","value":"false"}}]' : worked

Thank you