From 896c9b9e74df6dbe8fbace1195ed358dbbcaf836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: meisnate12 <meisnate12@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:16:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [5] fix overwriting external vars

---
 VERSION         | 2 +-
 modules/meta.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bcea2356..721f0b16 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.19.0-develop4
+1.19.0-develop5
diff --git a/modules/meta.py b/modules/meta.py
index 8cbd1221..c9346c1e 100644
--- a/modules/meta.py
+++ b/modules/meta.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class DataFile:
                                         added_vars.pop(input_key)
                                 elif overwrite_call:
                                     variables[input_key] = input_value
-                                else:
+                                elif input_key not in added_vars:
                                     added_vars[input_key] = input_value
                     for k, v in added_vars.items():
                         if k not in variables: