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Attributes from netCDF4 intialization retained #1038

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion xarray/backends/api.py
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Expand Up @@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ def open_mfdataset(paths, chunks=None, concat_dim=_CONCAT_DIM_DEFAULT,
lock=None, **kwargs):
"""Open multiple files as a single dataset.

Experimental. Requires dask to be installed.
Requires dask to be installed. Attributes from the first dataset file
are used for the combined dataset.

Parameters
----------
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else:
combined = auto_combine(datasets, concat_dim=concat_dim, compat=compat)
combined._file_obj = _MultiFileCloser(file_objs)
combined.attrs = datasets[0].attrs

return combined


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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions xarray/tests/test_backends.py
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Expand Up @@ -1057,6 +1057,25 @@ def test_open_mfdataset(self):
with self.assertRaisesRegexp(IOError, 'no files to open'):
open_mfdataset('foo-bar-baz-*.nc')

def test_attrs_mfdataset(self):
original = Dataset({'foo': ('x', np.random.randn(10))})
with create_tmp_file() as tmp1:
with create_tmp_file() as tmp2:
ds1 = original.isel(x=slice(5))
ds2 = original.isel(x=slice(5, 10))
ds1.attrs['test1'] = 'foo'
ds2.attrs['test2'] = 'bar'
ds1.to_netcdf(tmp1)
ds2.to_netcdf(tmp2)
with open_mfdataset([tmp1, tmp2]) as actual:
# presumes that attributes inherited from
# first dataset loaded
self.assertEqual(actual.test1, ds1.test1)
# attributes from ds2 are not retained, e.g.,
with self.assertRaisesRegexp(AttributeError,
'no attribute'):
actual.test2

def test_preprocess_mfdataset(self):
original = Dataset({'foo': ('x', np.random.randn(10))})
with create_tmp_file() as tmp:
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