Backbone Model.fetch() - how does it take care of duplicates

Question

As per the backbone js documentation, model.fetch() merges current model's state with server if different exists in the attributes.

Question 1: Is there a way I can tell backbone to overwrite the attribute in the server's model with the local model ?

Question 2: How can I view all the attributes in a model using Chrome Dev Tools?

Thank you

Answer 1

1: You can use the save method.

2: You can see modal attributes with Chrome Developer Tools like so: