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| 5 | # extend() for Node.js <sup>[![Version Badge][npm-version-png]][npm-url]</sup>
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| 7 | `node-extend` is a port of the classic extend() method from jQuery. It behaves as you expect. It is simple, tried and true.
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| 9 | Notes:
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| 11 | * Since Node.js >= 4,
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| 12 | [`Object.assign`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign)
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| 13 | now offers the same functionality natively (but without the "deep copy" option).
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| 14 | See [ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) in Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/es6).
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| 15 | * Some native implementations of `Object.assign` in both Node.js and many
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| 16 | browsers (since NPM modules are for the browser too) may not be fully
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| 17 | spec-compliant.
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| 18 | Check [`object.assign`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/object.assign) module for
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| 19 | a compliant candidate.
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| 21 | ## Installation
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| 23 | This package is available on [npm][npm-url] as: `extend`
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| 25 | ``` sh
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| 26 | npm install extend
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| 27 | ```
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| 28 |
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| 29 | ## Usage
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| 30 |
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| 31 | **Syntax:** extend **(** [`deep`], `target`, `object1`, [`objectN`] **)**
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| 32 |
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| 33 | *Extend one object with one or more others, returning the modified object.*
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| 34 |
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| 35 | **Example:**
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| 36 |
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| 37 | ``` js
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| 38 | var extend = require('extend');
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| 39 | extend(targetObject, object1, object2);
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| 40 | ```
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| 41 |
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| 42 | Keep in mind that the target object will be modified, and will be returned from extend().
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| 44 | If a boolean true is specified as the first argument, extend performs a deep copy, recursively copying any objects it finds. Otherwise, the copy will share structure with the original object(s).
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| 45 | Undefined properties are not copied. However, properties inherited from the object's prototype will be copied over.
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| 46 | Warning: passing `false` as the first argument is not supported.
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| 48 | ### Arguments
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| 50 | * `deep` *Boolean* (optional)
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| 51 | If set, the merge becomes recursive (i.e. deep copy).
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| 52 | * `target` *Object*
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| 53 | The object to extend.
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| 54 | * `object1` *Object*
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| 55 | The object that will be merged into the first.
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| 56 | * `objectN` *Object* (Optional)
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| 57 | More objects to merge into the first.
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| 58 |
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| 59 | ## License
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| 61 | `node-extend` is licensed under the [MIT License][mit-license-url].
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| 62 |
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| 63 | ## Acknowledgements
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| 64 |
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| 65 | All credit to the jQuery authors for perfecting this amazing utility.
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| 66 |
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| 67 | Ported to Node.js by [Stefan Thomas][github-justmoon] with contributions by [Jonathan Buchanan][github-insin] and [Jordan Harband][github-ljharb].
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| 69 | [travis-svg]: https://travis-ci.org/justmoon/node-extend.svg
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| 70 | [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/justmoon/node-extend
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| 71 | [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/extend
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| 72 | [mit-license-url]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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| 73 | [github-justmoon]: https://github.com/justmoon
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| 74 | [github-insin]: https://github.com/insin
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| 75 | [github-ljharb]: https://github.com/ljharb
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| 76 | [npm-version-png]: http://versionbadg.es/justmoon/node-extend.svg
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| 77 | [deps-svg]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend.svg
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| 78 | [deps-url]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend
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| 79 | [dev-deps-svg]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend/dev-status.svg
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| 80 | [dev-deps-url]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend#info=devDependencies
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