From 7576bfb719d80f9bf41e231690d1e90dce12d6ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:20:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] new_path method

---
 src/hooked_containers/container.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hooked_containers/container.py b/src/hooked_containers/container.py
index fd8883b..afe727c 100644
--- a/src/hooked_containers/container.py
+++ b/src/hooked_containers/container.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Container, Iterable, MutableMapping, MutableSequence, Sized
+from copy import copy
 from typing import Protocol, TypeVar
 
 from . import events as e
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ class HookedContainer(ABC, Sized, Iterable[T], Container[T]):
 
     # Custom Methods
 
+    def new_path(self, key):
+        new_path = copy(self._path)
+        new_path.append(key)
+        return new_path
+
     def get_nested(self, keys):
         """Recursively call __getitem__ with each key in the iterable."""
         result = self