rdblue commented on a change in pull request #1177:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/1177#discussion_r482610125
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File path: api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/UpdateSchema.java
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@@ -361,4 +361,14 @@ default UpdateSchema updateColumn(String name,
Type.PrimitiveType newType, Strin
* change conflicts with other changes.
*/
UpdateSchema moveAfter(String name, String afterName);
+
+
+ /**
+ * Applies all the additions and updates [type widening, field documentation]
+ * from the provided new schema
+ *
+ * @param newSchema - Input schema from which updates are applied
+ * @return this for method chaining
+ */
+ UpdateSchema unionWithByFieldName(Schema newSchema);
Review comment:
How about `unionByName` or `unionByNameWith`?
We'll also need to fill in the docs placeholder: `[type widening, field
documentation]`.
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