func GetConfigSubtree(manifest, path string) (string, error) {
	root := make(map[string]any)
	if err := yaml2.Unmarshal([]byte(manifest), &root); err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	nc, _, err := GetPathContext(root, util.PathFromString(path), false)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	out, err := yaml2.Marshal(nc.Node)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return string(out), nil

		if strings.TrimSpace(p.Path) == "" {
			scope.Warnf("value=%s has empty path, skip\n", v)
			continue
		}
		scope.Debugf("applying path=%s, value=%s\n", p.Path, v)
		inc, _, err := tpath.GetPathContext(bo, util.PathFromString(p.Path), true)
		if err != nil {
			errs = util.AppendErr(errs, err)
			metrics.ManifestPatchErrorTotal.Increment()
			continue
		}

		err = tpath.WritePathContext(inc, v, false)