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Typescript question: How can I append an additional field & value to an existing variable of type `pulumi.ComponentResourceOptions` ? I want to add `dependsOn` to a  `kubernetesOptions` variable defined beforehand.

You can use `pulumi.mergeOptions`:


```pulumi.mergeOptions(args.opts, { ignoreChanges: ["tags"] })```

Docs here: <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/nodejs/pulumi/pulumi/#mergeOptions>

One example here: <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/programming-model/#transformations>

<@UB3BGTV63> Nice. Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

I thought there would be a native Typescript way, though. But neat to see that you already created an easy solution for this :+1:

if you want native solution and don't need a deep merge you can use `{ ...args.opts, ...{ ignoreChanges: ["tags"] }}`

That’s right - though intelligently deep merging these data structures is the reason `mergeOptions` exists - and can avoid subtle issues in code that just does direct object splatting. Definitely encourage using mergeOptions over hand-rolling this sort of thing. 