Method: IniFile#merge!

Defined in:
lib/inifile.rb

#merge!(other) ⇒ Object

Public: Merges other_inifile into this inifile, overwriting existing entries. Useful for having a system inifile with user over-ridable settings elsewhere.

other - The other IniFile.

Returns this IniFile.



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# File 'lib/inifile.rb', line 192

def merge!( other )
  my_keys = @ini.keys
  other_keys =
      case other
      when IniFile; other.instance_variable_get(:@ini).keys
      when Hash; other.keys
      else raise "cannot merge contents from '#{other.class.name}'" end

  (my_keys & other_keys).each do |key|
    @ini[key].merge!(other[key])
  end

  (other_keys - my_keys).each do |key|
    @ini[key] = other[key]
  end

  self
end