From f9299fa80a7530fea4b829ea851972a664edf1fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikias Bassen
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:26:09 +0100
Subject: plist_dict_set_item: insert key/value pair if key not already present

---
 include/plist/plist.h |  9 +++++----
 src/plist.c           | 21 +++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/plist/plist.h b/include/plist/plist.h
index 41588a8..b482199 100644
--- a/include/plist/plist.h
+++ b/include/plist/plist.h
@@ -310,20 +310,21 @@ extern "C"
 
     /**
      * Set item identified by key in a #PLIST_DICT node.
-     * The previous item at index n will be freed using #plist_free
+     * The previous item identified by key will be freed using #plist_free.
+     * If there is no item for the given key a new item will be inserted.
      *
      * @param node the node of type #PLIST_DICT
      * @param item the new item associated to key
-     * @param key the identifier of the item to get. Assert if identifier is not present.
+     * @param key the identifier of the item to set.
      */
     PLIST_API void plist_dict_set_item(plist_t node, const char* key, plist_t item);
 
     /**
-     * Insert a new item at position n in a #PLIST_DICT node.
+     * Insert a new item into a #PLIST_DICT node.
      *
      * @param node the node of type #PLIST_DICT
      * @param item the new item to insert
-     * @param key The identifier of the item to insert. Assert if identifier already present.
+     * @param key The identifier of the item to insert.
      */
     PLIST_API void plist_dict_insert_item(plist_t node, const char* key, plist_t item);
 
diff --git a/src/plist.c b/src/plist.c
index e077ad9..f33de0a 100644
--- a/src/plist.c
+++ b/src/plist.c
@@ -405,17 +405,18 @@ plist_t plist_dict_get_item(plist_t node, const char* key)
 
 void plist_dict_set_item(plist_t node, const char* key, plist_t item)
 {
-    if (node && PLIST_DICT == plist_get_node_type(node))
-    {
+    if (node && PLIST_DICT == plist_get_node_type(node)) {
         node_t* old_item = plist_dict_get_item(node, key);
-        if (old_item)
-        {
+        if (old_item) {
             int idx = plist_free_node(old_item);
-	    if (idx < 0) {
-		node_attach(node, item);
-	    } else {
-		node_insert(node, idx, item);
-	    }
+            if (idx < 0) {
+                node_attach(node, item);
+            } else {
+                node_insert(node, idx, item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            node_attach(node, plist_new_key(key));
+            node_attach(node, item);
         }
     }
     return;
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ void plist_dict_merge(plist_t *target, plist_t source)
 		if (plist_dict_get_item(*target, key) != NULL)
 			plist_dict_remove_item(*target, key);
 
-		plist_dict_insert_item(*target, key, plist_copy(subnode));
+		plist_dict_set_item(*target, key, plist_copy(subnode));
 		free(key);
 		key = NULL;
 	} while (1);
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