In JavaScript, if you want to populate an object with some properties from another object, you can use the spread operator (...) to do so.

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In JavaScript, you can short-circuit the spread operator using the && operator. For example, you want to spread the properties of an object only if a certain condition is met. The first operand must be a boolean value, but the value of the last operand is returned.

Conditionally spreading objects in JavaScript