{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/185#issuecomment-370461231", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/185", "id": 370461231, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM3MDQ2MTIzMQ==", "user": {"value": 222245, "label": "carlmjohnson"}, "created_at": "2018-03-05T15:43:56Z", "updated_at": "2018-03-05T15:44:27Z", "author_association": "NONE", "body": "Yes. I think the simplest implementation is to change lines like\r\n\r\n```python\r\n        metadata = self.ds.metadata.get('databases', {}).get(name, {})\r\n```\r\n\r\nto\r\n\r\n```python\r\nmetadata = {\r\n    **self.ds.metadata,\r\n    **self.ds.metadata.get('databases', {}).get(name, {}),\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\nso that specified inner values overwrite outer values, but only if they exist.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 299760684, "label": "Metadata should be a nested arbitrary KV store"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}