feat util: Add silly map-merge function that should be in the stdlib

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
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+++ b/util/util.go
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+package util
+
+// Merges two maps together. Values from the second map override values in the first map.
+// The returned map is new if anything was changed.
+func Merge(in1 *map[string]interface{}, in2 *map[string]interface{}) *map[string]interface{} {
+	if in1 == nil || len(*in1) == 0 {
+		return in2
+	}
+
+	if in2 == nil || len(*in2) == 0 {
+		return in1
+	}
+
+
+	new := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for k, v := range *in1 {
+		new[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range *in2 {
+		new[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return &new
+}