[BUG]: It's merging types that are not the same

[thany]

Types that are "similar" I guess, but not quite the same, are being merged, leading to weird optional properties in the resulting types, where they should not be.

Issue Type

output

Context (Environment, Version, Language)

Input Format: json
Output Language: typescript

CLI, npm, or app.quicktype.io: npm & app
Version: 26.0.0

Description

I'm using it to generate types for strong-typed translation keys. And this bug is breaking that.

Input Data

{
  "User": {
    "Profile": {
      "Title": "Mijn profiel",
      "Error": "Serverfout, probeer het nog een keer",
      "Success": "Profiel succesvol bijgewerkt",
      "Submit": "Wijzig gegevens",
      "Fields": {
        "Email": "E-mailadres",
        "FirstName": "Voornaam",
        "LastName": "Achternaam"
      }
    },
    "ChangePassword": {
      "Title": "Wachtwoord wijzigen",
      "Error": "Wachtwoord wijzigen is mislukt. Probeer het later nog eens.",
      "Success": "Wachtwoord is gewijzigd. De volgende dat u inlogt, kunt u uw nieuwe wachtwoord gebruiken.",
      "Submit": "Wijzig wachtwoord",
      "Fields": {
        "OldPassword": "Huidig wachtwoord",
        "NewPassword": "Nieuw wachtwoord",
        "ConfirmPassword": "Herhaal wachtwoord ter bevestiging"
      }
    },
    "Notifications": {
      "Title": "Notificatievoorkeuren",
      "Error": "Notificatievoorkeuren konden niet worden bewaard. Probeer het later nog eens.",
      "Success": "Notificatievoorkeuren zijn bewaard.",
      "Submit": "Voorkeuren bewaren"
    }
  }
}

Expected Behaviour / Output

Do not merge types that are mergeable, so it should become something like:

export type Welcome = {
    User: User;
}

export type User = {
    Profile:        Profile;
    ChangePassword: ChangePassword;
    Notifications:  Notifications;
}

export type Profile = {
    Title:   string;
    Error:   string;
    Success: string;
    Submit:  string;
    Fields: ProfileFields;
}

export type Notifications = {
    Title:   string;
    Error:   string;
    Success: string;
    Submit:  string;
}

export type Profile = {
    Title:   string;
    Error:   string;
    Success: string;
    Submit:  string;
    Fields: ProfileFields;
}

export type ProfileFields = {
    Email:           string;
    FirstName:       string;
    LastName:        string;
}

export type ChangePasswordFields = {
    OldPassword:     string;
    NewPassword:     string;
    ConfirmPassword: string;
}

Current Behaviour / Output

Instead, it's just willy-nilly merging types that are obviously different, but just happen to be partially overlapping:

export type Welcome = {
    User: User;
}

export type User = {
    Profile:        ChangePassword;
    ChangePassword: ChangePassword;
    Notifications:  ChangePassword;
}

export type ChangePassword = {
    Title:   string;
    Error:   string;
    Success: string;
    Submit:  string;
    Fields?: Fields;
}

export type Fields = {
    OldPassword?:     string;
    NewPassword?:     string;
    ConfirmPassword?: string;
    Email?:           string;
    FirstName?:       string;
    LastName?:        string;
}

Why is it doing that?

Steps to Reproduce

1. Paste the JSON above into the app
2. Set output language to Typescript

Options are not relevant. And also, I think it does a similar thing in other output languages, although I'm not an expert in all of them.

Possible Solution

If partial overlaps must be merged for some reason, do it correctly, with extends. Not by smashing them together and making everything optional. Or better yet, to keep is simple - don't merge. At least don't produce an output that no longer matches the input precisely.