var baseGet = require('./_baseGet'),
    baseSlice = require('./_baseSlice');

/** Detect free variable `globalThis` */
const freeGlobalThis = typeof globalThis == 'object' && globalThis !== null && globalThis.Object == Object && globalThis;

/**
 * Gets the parent value at `path` of `object`.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} object The object to query.
 * @param {Array} path The path to get the parent value of.
 * @returns {*} Returns the parent value.
 */
function parent(object, path) {
  return path.length < 2 ? object : baseGet(object, baseSlice(path, 0, -1));
}

module.exports = parent;