spyglass/spyglass/utils/utils.py

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# Copyright 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All other rights reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
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# Merge two dictionaries
def dict_merge(dictA, dictB, path=None):
""" Recursively Merge dictionary dictB into dictA
DictA represents the data extracted by a plugin and DictB
represents the additional site config dictionary that is passed
to CLI. The merge process compares the dictionary keys and if they
are same and the values they point to are different , then
dictB object's value is copied to dictA. If a key is unique
to dictB, then it is copied to dictA.
"""
if path is None:
path = []
for key in dictB:
if key in dictA:
if isinstance(dictA[key], dict) and isinstance(dictB[key], dict):
dict_merge(dictA[key], dictB[key], path + [str(key)])
elif dictA[key] == dictB[key]:
pass # values are same, so no processing here
else:
dictA[key] = dictB[key]
else:
dictA[key] = dictB[key]
return dictA