| # https://stackoverflow.com/a/53666584/2245623 | |
| # Recursively meld a and b, concatenating arrays and favoring b when there is a conflict | |
| def meld(a; b): | |
| a as $a | b as $b | |
| | if ($a|type) == "object" and ($b|type) == "object" | |
| then reduce ([$a,$b]|add|keys_unsorted[]) as $k ({}; | |
| .[$k] = meld( $a[$k]; $b[$k]) ) | |
| elif ($a|type) == "array" and ($b|type) == "array" | |
| then $a+$b | |
| elif $b == null then $a | |
| else $b | |
| end; | |
| reduce inputs as $i (.; meld(.; $i)) |