mafintosh / mafintosh/hypercore-archiver

Use native Object.assign instead of xtend

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Description

xtend can easily be replaced with Object.assign

This reduce the dependencies and possible also avoid duplicated versions where some package don't use the same version range for the xtend package

// immutable
Object.assign({}, a, b)

// mutable
Object.assign(a, b)

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Search the repository for xtend imports and its package dependency. Replace those uses with the native Object.assign forms described in the issue, remove the dependency, and run the existing test suite to confirm behavior is unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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