added code

code/utils/utils.py

@@ -150,3 +150,22 @@ def convert_for_json(obj):
         return obj.item()
     else:
         return obj
+
+
+def recursive_dict_update(current_dict: dict, update_dict: dict) -> dict:
+    for key, value in update_dict.items():
+        if key not in current_dict:
+            current_dict[key] = value
+        else:
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                if not isinstance(current_dict[key], list):
+                    raise ValueError(f"Type mismatch, {type(current_dict[key])} is not a list")
+                current_dict[key] = current_dict[key] + value
+            elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                if not isinstance(current_dict[key], dict):
+                    raise ValueError(f"Type mismatch, {type(current_dict[key])} is not a dict")
+                current_dict[key] = recursive_dict_update(current_dict[key], value)
+            else:
+                current_dict[key] = value
+
+    return current_dict