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The current RFC lacks compatibility when using multiple json patches, most glaringly the inability to patch patched json - for patches that are made by independent authors and thus are not aware of the others patches. Take the following initial situation:
Source file
{ "firstname": "Mad", "lastname": "Max" }
Patch 1
{ "op": "add", "path": "/attributes", "value": { "age": 15 } }
Patch 2
{ "op": "add", "path": "/attributes", "value": { "continent": "Europe" } }
As per RFC6902, the add op replaces the value if it exists, and thus we get
{ "firstname": "Mad", "lastname": "Max", "attributes": { "continent": "Europe" } }
which means we have lost the age
property. I propose a merge
op that merges the value if it is an object.
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