class Hash # Returns a new hash with +self+ and +other_hash+ merged recursively. # # h1 = { x: { y: [4,5,6] }, z: [7,8,9] } # h2 = { x: { y: [7,8,9] }, z: 'xyz' } # # h1.deep_merge(h2) # => {x: {y: [7, 8, 9]}, z: "xyz"} # h2.deep_merge(h1) # => {x: {y: [4, 5, 6]}, z: [7, 8, 9]} # h1.deep_merge(h2) { |key, old, new| Array.wrap(old) + Array.wrap(new) } # # => {:x=>{:y=>[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}, :z=>[7, 8, 9, "xyz"]} def deep_merge(other_hash, &block) dup.deep_merge!(other_hash, &block) end # Same as +deep_merge+, but modifies +self+. def deep_merge!(other_hash, &block) other_hash.each_pair do |k,v| tv = self[k] if tv.is_a?(Hash) && v.is_a?(Hash) self[k] = tv.deep_merge(v, &block) else self[k] = block && tv ? block.call(k, tv, v) : v end end self end end