## [7.1.5](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.1.4...v7.1.5) (2025-02-23) ### Bug Fixes * improve type merging of nested optional properties ([#530](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/530)) ([349fd14](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/349fd14d20405f2a56ff9ce788959db38fc970f4))

## [7.1.4](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.1.3...v7.1.4) (2025-01-23) ### Bug Fixes * apply filtering to types when selecting a leaf node ([#526](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/526)) ([6d85163](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/6d85163aecce3981b3a2f5378cb17f471fa7566b)), closes [#524](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/524)

## [7.1.3](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.1.2...v7.1.3) (2024-10-08)

## [7.1.2](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.1.1...v7.1.2) (2024-10-08) ### Performance Improvements * use more performant data structures ([#519](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/519)) ([a48f8c4](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/a48f8c4ccc32ec8937cc7177991a072a93e329b2))

## [7.1.1](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.1.0...v7.1.1) (2024-10-04) ### Performance Improvements * add explicit return type to speed up types ([8e1ff6d](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/8e1ff6d04abe4ae0d541bba817054578924ca3db))

# [7.1.0](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.0.3...v7.1.0) (2024-07-20) ### Features * **benchmark:** add `defu` to compare with ([#486](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/486)) ([93599b4](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/93599b4bb6cd341cbaef156d619530a16e34550f))

## [7.0.3](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.0.2...v7.0.3) (2024-06-06) ### Bug Fixes * merge functions' types ([ca94270](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/ca94270da73d0a071043ef0e8936b17c444e40ab))

## [7.0.1](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/compare/v7.0.0...v7.0.1) (2024-05-21) ### Bug Fixes * handling of partial types ([1832bd0](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/commit/1832bd071b925c49a2d5d1c944703916ee4348d4)), closes [#476](https://github.com/RebeccaStevens/deepmerge-ts/issues/476)