remove option in datapacks [1.19.2]

[praryboy]

Hey there, I'm trying to remove stuff from a tag using the "remove" option, but it isn't working for me. Can you tell me what's wrong?
The original item tag json looks like this:

{
  "values": [
    "minecraft:chicken",
    "minecraft:rabbit",
    "#forge:raw_chicken",
    "#forge:raw_rabbit",
    "#forge:bread",
    {
      "id": "simplefarming:raw_chicken_wings",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "id": "simplefarming:raw_sausage",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "id": "simplefarming:raw_horse_meat",
      "required": false
    }
  ]
}

and my json looks like this:

{
  "remove": [
    "#forge:bread"
  ],
  "values": []
}

If I put the ["replace":true] entry in there, it does clear out the tag, so I'm pretty sure the file is at least the right name and in the right place. 

[warjort]

vanilla tags don't support removing single elements, just replacing the whole thing.

I know kubejs has support for removing single elements from tags, but their actual mechanism uses mixins.

[praryboy]

From the Forge Documentation (1.19.2) :
 

Quote

There is also a Forge extension on the Vanilla syntax. You may declare a remove array of the same format as the values array. Any values listed here will be removed from the tag. This acts as a finer grained version of the Vanilla replace option.

Am I misunderstanding what this is supposed to be doing?

[warjort]

Honestly I don't know what is going on with that.

From what I can tell the code for it only exists as (stale) PR? i.e. it is not currently in Forge.

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/pull/9053

[praryboy]

Thats funny. Going back through the different versions of the docs, this feature has been around since 1.13. Did it ever work?

[warjort]

Maybe it got dropped/overlooked at some point during one of Mojang's "great refactorings"?

[praryboy]

maybe I should report it as an issue?

[warjort]

There already is one linked on that PR: https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/issues/8949

[praryboy]

whelp I guess I'm SOL