Geo_point in nested has the 'path' attribute added to it

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I was writing some tests to check if my mappings were being deployed
correctly, and came across this: if you have a geo_point field inside a
nested object, it will inherit the 'path' attribute from the nested object.

I.e. if you create an index like this:

curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test' -d '{
"mappings" : {
"type1" : {
"properties" : {
"geoInOuter" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
},
"obj1" : {
"type" : "nested",
"path" : "just_name",
"properties" : {
"geoInNested" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}'

and then ask for the mapping back, like this
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/test/_mapping'

the response will be this:

{
"test" : {
"mappings" : {
"type1" : {
"properties" : {
"geoInOuter" : {
"type" : "geo_point"
},
"obj1" : {
"type" : "nested",
"path" : "just_name",
"properties" : {
"geoInNested" : {
"type" : "geo_point",
"path" : "just_name"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}

Notice the extra 'path' attribute on the 'geoInNested' field.

Is this deliberate? In which case what affect does the path attribute have
on a geo point field? Or is this a bug?

Thanks.

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