Fix add users

Author: RSTZZZ

src/python/add_update_member.py

@@ -108,7 +108,17 @@ def merge_profile_data(old_profile: Dict, new_profile: Dict) -> Dict:
 
     # Update current role if provided
     if "current_role" in new_profile:
-        merged["current_role"] = new_profile["current_role"]
+        # Preserve existing fields that aren't being updated
+        if "current_role" in merged:
+            existing_role = merged["current_role"]
+            new_role = new_profile["current_role"]
+            
+            # Update each field only if it exists in the new data
+            for field in ["type", "title", "start_date", "advisor", "affiliation", "research_directions"]:
+                if field in new_role:
+                    existing_role[field] = new_role[field]
+        else:
+            merged["current_role"] = new_profile["current_role"]
 
     # Handle past roles
     if "past_roles" in new_profile:

tests/data/update_member/in.md

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Unaffiliated
 
 Professing at Leland S. Junior University
 
+### Current_role-research-directions
+
+online-toxicity, poli-sci, online-crime
+
 ### Current_role-advisor
 
 _No response_

tests/data/update_member/out.json

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
     "auto_update_publications": true,
     "current_role": {
         "type": "Unaffiliated",
-        "title": "Professing at Leland S. Junior University"
+        "title": "Professing at Leland S. Junior University",
+        "research_directions": [
+            "online-toxicity",
+            "poli-sci",
+            "online-crime"
+        ]
     },
     "past_roles": [
         {