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<p>and data3.yaml file of:</p>
<pre><code class="yaml">b: [2, 3, 4]
<pre><code class="yaml">b: [3, 4]
c:
test: 2
other: true
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<p>will output:</p>
<pre><code class="yaml">a: simple
b: [2, 3, 4]
b: [3, 4]
c:
test: 2
other: true
d: false
</code></pre>
<p>Notice that 'b' does not result in the merging of the values within an array. The underlying library does not
currently handle merging values within an array.</p>
<p>Notice that 'b' does not result in the merging of the values within an array. </p>
<h3 id="append-values-with-arrays">Append values with arrays<a class="headerlink" href="#append-values-with-arrays" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Given a data1.yaml file of:</p>
<pre><code class="yaml">a: simple
b: [1, 2]
d: hi
</code></pre>
<p>and data3.yaml file of:</p>
<pre><code class="yaml">a: something
b: [3, 4]
c:
test: 2
other: true
</code></pre>
<p>then</p>
<pre><code class="bash">yq m -a data1.yaml data3.yaml
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<p>will output:</p>
<pre><code class="yaml">a: simple
b: [1, 2, 3, 4]
c:
test: 2
other: true
d: hi
</code></pre>
<p>Note that the 'b' array has concatenated the values from the second data file. Also note that other map keys are not overridden (field a).</p>
<p>Append cannot be used with overwrite, if both flags are given then append is ignored.</p>
<h3 id="multiple-documents-merge-into-single-document">Multiple Documents - merge into single document<a class="headerlink" href="#multiple-documents-merge-into-single-document" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Currently yq only has multi-document support for the <em>first</em> document being merged into. The remaining yaml files will have their first document selected.</p>
<p>Given a data1.yaml file of:</p>