From e89563a369af5da5a9f85d49981e7d1164392e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BrianMichell <brianm314@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:20:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed incorrect parent key getting serialized in .zattrs

---
 mdio/variable.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mdio/variable.h b/mdio/variable.h
index a04818e..0467f2c 100644
--- a/mdio/variable.h
+++ b/mdio/variable.h
@@ -973,6 +973,13 @@ class Variable {
       if (isCloudStore) {
         outpath = ".zattrs";
       }
+
+      if (output_json["attributes"].contains("metadata")) {
+        auto metadata = output_json["attributes"]["metadata"];
+        output_json["attributes"].erase("metadata");
+        output_json["attributes"].merge_patch(metadata);
+      }
+
       return tensorstore::kvstore::Write(
           store.kvstore(), outpath,
           absl::Cord(output_json["attributes"].dump()));