yaml - Prevent yq from evaluating an expression while performing a merge

Question

I'm using yq v3 and trying to perform a merge on two different yaml files.

file1.yaml

a: "value"
b: "constant1"

file2.yaml

a: {{ include "someothervalue" . }}
c: "constant2"

I want the final output to be of the form

a: {{ include "someothervalue" . }}
b: "constant1"
c: "constant2"

However, when I try to perform a merge like

yq m file1.yaml file2.yaml or yq m file2.yaml file1.yaml

I get

a: "value"
b: "constant1"
c: "constant2"

Even if I try to overwrite using the -x flag, I get

a: 
b: "constant1"
c: "constant2"

I think the expression is being evaluated by yq which is undesirable here. How can I work around this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65625938/prevent-yq-from-evaluating-an-expression-while-performing-a-merge

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