text: # extend-shallow [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/extend-shallow.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/extend-shallow)  [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow)
  
  > Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util.
  
  Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
  
  ```sh
  $ npm i extend-shallow --save
  ```
  
  ## Running tests
  
  Install dev dependencies:
  
  ```sh
  $ npm i -d && npm test
  ```
  
  ## Usage
  
  ```js
  var extend = require('extend-shallow');
  
  extend({a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'})
  //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'}
  ```
  
  Pass an empty object to shallow clone:
  
  ```js
  var obj = {};
  extend(obj, {a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'})
  //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'}
  ```
  
  ## Related
  
  * [extend-shallow](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow): Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util.
  * [for-own](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own): Iterate over the own enumerable properties of an object, and return an object with properties… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own)
  * [for-in](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in): Iterate over the own and inherited enumerable properties of an objecte, and return an object… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in)
  * [is-plain-object](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor.
  * [isobject](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject): Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null.
  * [kind-of](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of): Get the native type of a value.
  
  ## Author
  
  **Jon Schlinkert**
  
  + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
  + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
  
  ## License
  
  Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert
  Released under the MIT license.
  
  ***
  
  _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on May 21, 2015._