Unable to reset/replace state about zustand HOT 8 CLOSED

you should be able to set the initialState variable

const initialState = { ... }
const [useStore, api] = create(set => initialState)
api.setState(initialState)

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@laurib Unfortunately, Zustand's set doesn't allow this right now. I guess the best option is to store all your state in a property and overwrite that property. That's kind of messy but I think a create wrapper can abstract this for you:

import create from "zustand";

function createNoMerge(stateCreator) {
  let setState;
  let getState;

  const [useStore, api] = create((set, get) => {
    setState = newState => {
      const oldState = get().state;
      const state =
        typeof newState === "function"
          ? newState(oldState)
          : newState;
      return set({ state });
    };
    getState = () => get().state;
    return {
      state: stateCreator(setState, getState)
    };
  });

  api.setState = setState;
  api.getState = getState;

  const useStoreNoMerge = (sel = s => s, ...args) => {
    const selector = () => sel(getState());
    return useStore(selector, ...args);
  };

  return [useStoreNoMerge, api];
}

const [useStore, api] = createNoMerge(() => ({
  a: 1,
  b: 2
}));

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Are there any plans to change set to support this?
Thanks in advance!

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@MrFungusEli I would like the default behavior of set to overwrite instead of merge. That would be a breaking change though.

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wouldnt overwrite require full reducers though? like when you just want to change a single value.

state { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }
set({ a: 0 }) // ---> { a: 0 } ?

that would make set(value) quite useless except for resets, since you would always need the function form: set(state => ...).

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Is there anything I can do to help? I'm wondering if this would be a good first time contribution for me :)

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i guess making it merge or not is a small change, but the repercussions of how it effects all purposes and use cases isn't clear to me. from my experience, resetting a set of objects is rare, i solve it via intialState. plain deletion i haven't ran into. merging, or set(value) instead of set(function) on the other hand is something i do often - i realize this could just be me.

if the change would make set(value) obsolete because it would now delete all data except the one prop that it gets, and set(function) would always have to spread, then i think it needs a bigger discussion involving more users. we should also look into what made react go for setState and useState as a merging op.

alternatives would be middleware or set(arg, merge=true)

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you should be able to set the initialState variable

const initialState = { ... }
const [useStore, api] = create(set => initialState)
api.setState(initialState)

I must have missed this, this works absolutely fine for me. Thanks!

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