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| # object.defaults [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/object.defaults) [](https://npmjs.org/package/object.defaults)  [](https://npmjs.org/package/object.defaults) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/object.defaults)
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| > Like `extend` but only copies missing properties/values to the target object.
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| 
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| ## Install
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| 
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install --save object.defaults
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| ```
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| 
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| Install with [bower](https://bower.io/)
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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ bower install object.defaults --save
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Usage
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| 
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| ```js
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| var defaults = require('object.defaults');
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| 
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| var obj = {a: 'c'};
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| defaults(obj, {a: 'bbb', d: 'c'});
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| console.log(obj);
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| //=> {a: 'c', d: 'c'}
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| ```
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| 
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| Or immutable defaulting:
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| ```js
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| var defaults = require('object.defaults/immutable');
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| var obj = {a: 'c'};
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| var defaulted = defaults(obj, {a: 'bbb', d: 'c'});
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| console.log(obj !== defaulted);
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| //=> true
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| ```
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| 
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| ## About
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| 
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| ### Contributing
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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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| 
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| ### Contributors
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| 
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| | **Commits** | **Contributor** | 
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| | --- | --- |
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| | 16 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| | 1 | [phated](https://github.com/phated) |
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| | 1 | [sobolevn](https://github.com/sobolevn) |
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| 
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| ### Building docs
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| 
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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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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
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| ```
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| 
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| ### Running tests
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| 
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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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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install && npm test
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| ```
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| 
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| ### Author
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| 
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| **Jon Schlinkert**
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| 
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
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| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
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| 
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| ### License
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| 
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| Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
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| Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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| 
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| ***
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| 
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.5.0, on April 26, 2017._ |