| # extend-shallow [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/extend-shallow) [](https://npmjs.org/package/extend-shallow) [](https://npmjs.org/package/extend-shallow) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow) |
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| > Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. |
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| Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support. |
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| ## Install |
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install --save extend-shallow |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| var extend = require('extend-shallow'); |
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| extend({a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'}) |
| //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'} |
| ``` |
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| Pass an empty object to shallow clone: |
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| ```js |
| var obj = {}; |
| extend(obj, {a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'}) |
| //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'} |
| ``` |
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| ## About |
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| <details> |
| <summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary> |
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). |
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| </details> |
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| <details> |
| <summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary> |
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| Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install && npm test |
| ``` |
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| </details> |
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| <details> |
| <summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary> |
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| _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_ |
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| To generate the readme, run the following command: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb |
| ``` |
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| </details> |
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| ### Related projects |
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| You might also be interested in these projects: |
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| * [extend-shallow](https://www.npmjs.com/package/extend-shallow): Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow "Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util.") |
| * [for-in](https://www.npmjs.com/package/for-in): Iterate over the own and inherited enumerable properties of an object, and return an object… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in "Iterate over the own and inherited enumerable properties of an object, and return an object with properties that evaluate to true from the callback. Exit early by returning `false`. JavaScript/Node.js") |
| * [for-own](https://www.npmjs.com/package/for-own): Iterate over the own enumerable properties of an object, and return an object with properties… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own "Iterate over the own enumerable properties of an object, and return an object with properties that evaluate to true from the callback. Exit early by returning `false`. JavaScript/Node.js.") |
| * [is-plain-object](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object "Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor.") |
| * [isobject](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isobject): Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject "Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null.") |
| * [kind-of](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kind-of): Get the native type of a value. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of "Get the native type of a value.") |
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| ### Contributors |
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| | **Commits** | **Contributor** | |
| | --- | --- | |
| | 33 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | |
| | 1 | [pdehaan](https://github.com/pdehaan) | |
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| ### Author |
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| **Jon Schlinkert** |
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| ### License |
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| Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). |
| Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). |
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| *** |
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on November 19, 2017._ |