eflect.ValueOf(srcElement.Interface())

					var dstSlice reflect.Value
					if !dstElement.IsValid() || dstElement.IsNil() {
						dstSlice = reflect.MakeSlice(srcSlice.Type(), 0, srcSlice.Len())
					} else {
						dstSlice = reflect.ValueOf(dstElement.Interface())
					}

					if (!isEmptyValue(src, !config.ShouldNotDereference) || overwriteWithEmptySrc || overwriteSliceWithEmptySrc) && (overwrite || isEmptyValue(dst, !config.ShouldNotDereference)) && !config.AppendSlice && !sliceDeepCopy {
						if typeCheck && srcSlice.Type() != dstSlice.Type() {
							return fmt.Errorf("cannot override two slices with different type (%s, %s)", srcSlice.Type(), dstSlice.Type())
						}
						dstSlice = srcSlice
					} else if config.AppendSlice {
						if srcSlice.Type() != dstSlice.Type() {
							return fmt.Errorf("cannot append two slices with different type (%s, %s)", srcSlice.Type(), dstSlice.Type())
						}
						dstSlice = reflect.AppendSlice(dstSlice, srcSlice)
					} else if sliceDeepCopy {
						i := 0
						for ; i < srcSlice.Len() && i < dstSlice.Len(); i++ {
							srcElement := srcSlice.Index(i)
							dstElement := dstSlice.Index(i)

							if srcElement.CanInterface() {
								srcElement = reflect.ValueOf(srcElement.Interface())
							}
							if dstElement.CanInterface() {
								dstElement = reflect.ValueOf(dstElement.Interface())
							}

							if err = deepMerge(dstElement, srcElement, visited, depth+1, config); err != nil {
								return
							}
						}

					}
					dst.SetMapIndex(key, dstSlice)
				}
			}

			if dstElement.IsValid() && !isEmptyValue(dstElement, !config.ShouldNotDereference) {
				if reflect.TypeOf(srcElement.Interface()).Kind() == reflect.Slice {
					continue
				}
				if reflect.TypeOf(srcElement.Interface()).Kind() == reflect.Map && reflect.TypeOf(dstElement.Interface()).Kind() == reflect.Map {
					continue
				}
			}

			if srcElement.IsValid() && ((srcElement.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && overwrite) || !dstElement.IsValid() || isEmptyValue(dstElement, !config.ShouldNotDereference)) {
				if dst.IsNil() {
					dst.Set(reflect.MakeMap(dst.Type()))
				}
				dst.SetMapIndex(key, srcElement)
			}
		}

		// Ensure that all keys in dst are deleted if they are not in src.
		if overwriteWithEmptySrc {
			for _, key := range dst.MapKeys() {
				srcElement := src.MapIndex(key)
				if !srcElement.IsValid() {
					dst.SetMapIndex(key, reflect.Value{})
				}
			}
		}
	case reflect.Slice:
		if !dst.CanSet() {
			break
		}
		if (!isEmptyValue(src, !config.ShouldNotDereference) || overwriteWithEmptySrc || overwriteSliceWithEmptySrc) && (overwrite || isEmptyValue(dst, !config.ShouldNotDereference)) && !config.AppendSlice && !sliceDeepCopy {
			dst.Set(src)
		} else if config.AppendSlice {
			if src.Type() != dst.Type() {
				return fmt.Errorf("cannot append two slice with different type (%s, %s)", src.Type(), dst.Type())
			}
			dst.Set(reflect.AppendSlice(dst, src))
		} else if sliceDeepCopy {
			for i := 0; i < src.Len() && i < dst.Len(); i++ {
				srcElement := src.Index(i)
				dstElement := dst.Index(i)
				if srcElement.CanInterface() {
					srcElement = reflect.ValueOf(srcElement.Interface())
				}
				if dstElement.CanInterface() {
					dstElement = reflect.ValueOf(dstElement.Interface())
				}

				if err = deepMerge(dstElement, srcElement, visited, depth+1, config); err != nil {
					return
				}
			}
		}
	case reflect.Ptr:
		fallthrough
	case reflect.Interface:
		if isReflectNil(src) {
			if overwriteWithEmptySrc && dst.CanSet() && src.Type().AssignableTo(dst.Type()) {
				dst.Set(src)
			}
			break
		}

		if src.Kind() != reflect.Interface {
			if dst.IsNil() || (src.Kind() != reflect.Ptr && overwrite) {
				if dst.CanSet() && (overwrite || isEmptyValue(dst, !config.ShouldNotDereference)) {
					dst.Set(src)
				}
			} else if src.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
				if !config.ShouldNotDereference {
					if err = deepMerge(dst.Elem(), src.Elem(), visited, depth+1, config); err != nil {
						return
					}
				} else {
					if overwriteWithEmptySrc || (overwrite && !src.IsNil()) || dst.IsNil() {
						dst.Set(src)
					}
				}
			} else if dst.Elem().Type() == src.Type() {
				if err = deepMerge(dst.Elem(), src, visited, depth+1, config); err != nil {
					return
				}
			} else {
				return ErrDifferentArgumentsTypes
			}
			break
		}

		if dst.IsNil() || overwrite {
			if dst.CanSet() && (overwrite || isEmptyValue(dst, !config.ShouldNotDereference)) {
				dst.Set(src)
			}
			break
		}

		if dst.Elem().Kind() == src.Elem().Kind() {
			if err = deepMerge(dst.Elem(), src.Elem(), visited, depth+1, config); err != nil {
				return
			}
			break
		}
	default:
		mustSet := (isEmptyValue(dst, !config.ShouldNotDereference) || overwrite) && (!isEmptyValue(src, !config.ShouldNotDereference) || overwriteWithEmptySrc)
		if mustSet {
			if dst.CanSet() {
				dst.Set(src)
			} else {
				dst = src
			}
		}
	}

	return
}

// Merge will fill any empty for value type attributes on the dst struct using corresponding
// src attributes if they themselves are not empty. dst and src must be valid same-type structs
// and dst must be a pointer to struct.
// It won't merge unexported (private) fields and will do recursively any exported field.
func Merge(dst, src interface{}, opts ...func(*Config)) error {
	return merge(dst, src, opts...)
}

// MergeWithOverwrite will do the same as Merge except that non-empty dst attributes will be overridden by
// non-empty src attribute values.
// Deprecated: use Merge(…) with WithOverride
func MergeWithOverwrite(dst, src interface{}, opts ...func(*Config)) error {
	return merge(dst, src, append(opts, WithOverride)...)
}

// WithTransformers adds transformers to merge, allowing to customize the merging of some types.
func WithTransformers(transformers Transformers) func(*Config) {
	return func(config *Config) {
		config.Transformers = transformers
	}
}

// WithOverride will make merge override non-empty dst attributes with non-empty src attributes values.
func WithOverride(config *Config) {
	config.Overwrite = true
}

// WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue will make merge override non empty dst attributes with empty src attributes values.
func WithOverwriteWithEmptyValue(config *Config) {
	config.Overwrite = true
	config.overwriteWithEmptyValue = true
}

// WithOverrideEmptySlice will make merge override empty dst slice with empty src slice.
func WithOverrideEmptySlice(config *Config) {
	config.overwriteSliceWithEmptyValue = true
}

// WithoutDereference prevents dereferencing pointers when evaluating whether they are empty
// (i.e. a non-nil pointer is never considered empty).
func WithoutDereference(config *Config) {
	config.ShouldNotDereference = true
}

// WithAppendSlice will make merge append slices instead of overwriting it.
func WithAppendSlice(config *Config) {
	config.AppendSlice = true
}

// WithTypeCheck will make merge check types while overwriting it (must be used with WithOverride).
func WithTypeCheck(config *Config) {
	config.TypeCheck = true
}

// WithSliceDeepCopy will merge slice element one by one with Overwrite flag.
func WithSliceDeepCopy(config *Config) {
	config.sliceDeepCopy = true
	config.Overwrite = true
}

func merge(dst, src interface{}, opts ...func(*Config)) error {
	if dst != nil && reflect.ValueOf(dst).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
		return ErrNonPointerArgument
	}
	var (
		vDst, vSrc reflect.Value
		err        error
	)

	config := &Config{}

	for _, opt := range opts {
		opt(config)
	}

	if vDst, vSrc, err = resolveValues(dst, src); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if vDst.Type() != vSrc.Type() {
		return ErrDifferentArgumentsTypes
	}
	return deepMerge(vDst, vSrc, make(map[uintptr]*visit), 0, config)
}

// IsReflectNil is the reflect value provided nil
func isReflectNil(v reflect.Value) bool {
	k := v.Kind()
	switch k {
	case reflect.Interface, reflect.Slice, reflect.Chan, reflect.Func, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr:
		// Both interface and slice are nil if first word is 0.
		// Both are always bigger than a word; assume flagIndir.
		return v.IsNil()
	default:
		return false
	}
}
