Fix code generation to support pointer embedding of gorm.Model and include base fields

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@@ -1,2 +1,145 @@
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examples/models/user.go

@@ -64,3 +64,8 @@ type Language struct {
 	Code string `gorm:"primarykey"`
 	Name string
 }
+
+type CreditCard struct {
+	*gorm.Model
+	Number string
+}

examples/output/models_field_helpers_test.go

@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@ func TestGeneratedModels_FieldTypes(t *testing.T) {
 		// Language
 		_ field.String = generated.Language.Code
 		_ field.String = generated.Language.Name
+
+		// CreditCard
+		_ field.Number[uint]          = generated.CreditCard.ID
+		_ field.Time                  = generated.CreditCard.CreatedAt
+		_ field.Time                  = generated.CreditCard.UpdatedAt
+		_ field.Field[gorm.DeletedAt] = generated.CreditCard.DeletedAt
+		_ field.String                = generated.CreditCard.Number
 	)
 }
 

internal/gen/generator.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type (
 		applicableConfigs []*genconfig.Config
 		inputPath         string
 		relPath           string
+		goModDir          string
 		Generator         *Generator
 	}
 	Import struct {
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ func (g *Generator) processFile(inputFile, inputRoot string) error {
 		Package:   f.Name.Name,
 		inputPath: inputFile,
 		relPath:   relPath,
+		goModDir:  findGoModDir(inputFile),
 		Generator: g,
 	}
 
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ func (f Field) Type() string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("field.Number[%s]", goType)
 	}
 
-	if typ := loadNamedType(findGoModDir(f.file.inputPath), f.file.getFullImportPath(pkgName), typName); typ != nil {
+	if typ := loadNamedType(f.file.goModDir, f.file.getFullImportPath(pkgName), typName); typ != nil {
 		if ImplementsAllowedInterfaces(typ) { // For interface-implementing types, use generic Field
 			return fmt.Sprintf("field.Field[%s]", filepath.Base(goType))
 		}
@@ -730,33 +732,48 @@ func (p *File) getFullImportPath(shortName string) string {
 
 // handleAnonymousEmbedding processes anonymous embedded fields and returns true if handled
 func (p *File) handleAnonymousEmbedding(field *ast.Field, pkgName string, s *Struct) bool {
-	switch t := field.Type.(type) {
+	// Helper function to add fields from embedded struct
+	addEmbeddedFields := func(structType *ast.StructType, typeName, embeddedPkgName string) bool {
+		sub := p.processStructType(&ast.TypeSpec{Name: &ast.Ident{Name: typeName}}, structType, embeddedPkgName)
+		s.Fields = append(s.Fields, sub.Fields...)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// Helper function to load and process external struct type
+	loadAndProcessExternalStruct := func(pkgName, typeName string) bool {
+		st, err := loadNamedStructType(p.goModDir, p.getFullImportPath(pkgName), typeName)
+		if err != nil || st == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return addEmbeddedFields(st, typeName, pkgName)
+	}
+
+	// Unwrap pointer types to get the underlying type
+	fieldType := field.Type
+	if starExpr, ok := fieldType.(*ast.StarExpr); ok {
+		fieldType = starExpr.X
+	}
+
+	switch t := fieldType.(type) {
 	case *ast.Ident:
-		// Local type embedding
+		// Local type embedding (e.g., BaseStruct or *BaseStruct)
 		if t.Obj != nil {
 			if ts, ok := t.Obj.Decl.(*ast.TypeSpec); ok {
 				if st, ok := ts.Type.(*ast.StructType); ok {
-					sub := p.processStructType(ts, st, pkgName)
-					s.Fields = append(s.Fields, sub.Fields...)
-					return true
+					return addEmbeddedFields(st, t.Name, pkgName)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 	case *ast.SelectorExpr:
-		// External package type embedding
+		// External package type embedding (e.g., pkg.BaseStruct or *pkg.BaseStruct)
 		if pkgIdent, ok := t.X.(*ast.Ident); ok {
-			st, err := loadNamedStructType(findGoModDir(p.inputPath), p.getFullImportPath(pkgIdent.Name), t.Sel.Name)
-			if err == nil && st != nil {
-				sub := p.processStructType(&ast.TypeSpec{Name: &ast.Ident{Name: t.Sel.Name}}, st, pkgIdent.Name)
-				s.Fields = append(s.Fields, sub.Fields...)
-				return true
-			}
+			return loadAndProcessExternalStruct(pkgIdent.Name, t.Sel.Name)
 		}
+
 	case *ast.StructType:
-		// Anonymous inline struct embedding
-		sub := p.processStructType(&ast.TypeSpec{Name: &ast.Ident{Name: "AnonymousStruct"}}, t, pkgName)
-		s.Fields = append(s.Fields, sub.Fields...)
-		return true
+		// Anonymous inline struct embedding (e.g., struct{...})
+		return addEmbeddedFields(t, "AnonymousStruct", pkgName)
 	}
 
 	return false