Add convenience path parse function

Add function to parse a given path unsafe.

path.go

@@ -499,6 +499,17 @@ func ParsePathString(pathString string, node *yamlv3.Node) (Path, error) {
 	return ParseDotStylePathString(pathString, node)
 }
 
+// ParsePathStringUnsafe returns a path by parsing a string representation of a
+// path, which can either be GoPatch or DotStyle, but will not check the path
+// elements against a given YAML document to verify the types (unsafe)
+func ParsePathStringUnsafe(pathString string) (Path, error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(pathString, "/") {
+		return ParseGoPatchStylePathString(pathString)
+	}
+
+	return ParseDotStylePathStringUnsafe(pathString)
+}
+
 func (element PathElement) isMapElement() bool {
 	return len(element.Key) == 0 &&
 		len(element.Name) > 0

path_test.go

@@ -101,6 +101,32 @@ var _ = Describe("path tests", func() {
 				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "newkey"},
 			}}))
 		})
+
+		It("should parse an unspecified path type without checking against a YAML document (unsafe)", func() {
+			Expect(ParsePathStringUnsafe("list.one.newkey")).To(BeEquivalentTo(Path{DocumentIdx: 0, PathElements: []PathElement{
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "list"},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "one"},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "newkey"},
+			}}))
+
+			Expect(ParsePathStringUnsafe("list.0.newkey")).To(BeEquivalentTo(Path{DocumentIdx: 0, PathElements: []PathElement{
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "list"},
+				{Idx: 0, Key: "", Name: ""},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "newkey"},
+			}}))
+
+			Expect(ParsePathStringUnsafe("/list/one/newkey")).To(BeEquivalentTo(Path{DocumentIdx: 0, PathElements: []PathElement{
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "list"},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "one"},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "newkey"},
+			}}))
+
+			Expect(ParsePathStringUnsafe("/list/0/newkey")).To(BeEquivalentTo(Path{DocumentIdx: 0, PathElements: []PathElement{
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "list"},
+				{Idx: 0, Key: "", Name: ""},
+				{Idx: -1, Key: "", Name: "newkey"},
+			}}))
+		})
 	})
 
 	Context("parse go-patch style path strings into paths", func() {