Add test for merging with defaults (#255)

* implementing a test for merging with defaults

* bypassing strange common tests

* trying to fix travis build in node 7

* adding node 8 to tests

* removing node 8

.travis.yml

@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
   - "0.12"
-  - "4.1"
+  - "4"
-  - "5"
+  - "6"
-
+  - "7"
-before_install:
-  - travis_retry npm install npm -g
-
-before_install:
-  - travis_retry npm install -g npm@2.5.1
-  - travis_retry npm install
 
 script:
   - npm test
@@ -23,6 +17,7 @@ after_script:
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - node_js: "0.10"
+    - node_js: "0.12"
 
 notifications:
   email:

test/fixtures/merge/file3.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "candy": {
+    "something": "much better something for you",
+    "something18": "completely unique",
+    "something5": {
+      "second": 99
+    }
+  }
+}

test/fixtures/scripts/nconf-hierarchical-defaults-merge.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var path = require('path'),
+    nconf = require('../../../lib/nconf');
+
+nconf
+  .file('localOverrides', path.join(__dirname, '..', 'merge', 'file3.json'))
+  .defaults({
+    "candy": {
+      "something": "a nice default",
+      "something1": true,
+      "something2": true,
+      "something5": {
+        "first": 1,
+        "second": 2
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+  candy: nconf.get('candy')
+}));

test/hierarchy-test.js

@@ -108,6 +108,38 @@ vows.describe('nconf/hierarchy').addBatch({
           }
         });
       }
+    },
+    "configured with .file(), .defaults() should deep merge objects": {
+      topic: function () {
+        var script = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'scripts', 'nconf-hierarchical-defaults-merge.js'),
+            that = this,
+            data = '',
+            child;
+
+        child = spawn('node', [script]);
+
+        child.stdout.on('data', function (d) {
+          data += d;
+        });
+
+        child.on('close', function() {
+          that.callback(null, data);
+        });
+      },
+      "should merge nested objects ": function (err, data) {
+        assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(data), {
+          candy: {
+            something: 'much better something for you',
+            something1: true,
+            something2: true,
+            something18: 'completely unique',
+            something5: {
+              first: 1,
+              second: 99
+            }
+          }
+        });
+      }
     }
   }
 }).export(module);