class Hash def deep_merge(other_hash, &block) dup.deep_merge!(other_hash, &block) end def deep_merge!(other_hash, &block) other_hash.each_pair do |current_key, other_value| this_value = self[current_key] self[current_key] = if this_value.is_a?(Hash) && other_value.is_a?(Hash) this_value.deep_merge(other_value, &block) else if block_given? && key?(current_key) block.call(current_key, this_value, other_value) else other_value end end end self end end