use extend module to merge configurations - closes #2

debomatic-webui/lib/config.coffee

-
 #
 # *    Please DO NOT edit this file.
 # *
@@ -6,6 +5,8 @@
 # *
 #
 
+extend = require('extend')
+
 # #start config-auto-export
 config = {}
 
@@ -101,18 +102,7 @@ try
     if user_config
         console.log "Reading user configutation ..."
         # * update object1 with object2 values
-        _merge = (object1, object2) ->
-            result = {}
-            for p of object1
-                if object2.hasOwnProperty(p)
-                    if typeof object1[p] is "object" and typeof object2[p] is "object"
-                        result[p] = _merge(object1[p], object2[p])
-                    else
-                        result[p] = object2[p]
-                else
-                    result[p] = object1[p]
-            return result
-        config = _merge(config, require(user_config))
+        config = extend(true, {}, config, require(user_config))
     else
         console.log "No user config specified. Using global settings."
 catch err

debomatic-webui/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         "errorhandler ": "*",
         "ejs": ">= 0.0.1",
         "socket.io": "1.*",
-        "tail": "*"
+        "tail": "*",
+        "extend": "~1.3.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "install": "bash scripts/install.sh",