For config file locations, I think having a command-line parameter is an
excellent idea, but I'd still like to have a default setting. I think of it
a lot like make: when I used to run make, most of the time, I'd just run
"make" and expect it to use a reasonable default. When I didn't want the
default, I used "make -f filename".
How does this sound:
- A config file parameter if supplied; or
- AuroraInit in the current directory; or
- .aurora_init in the users home directory.
To help with debugging, we'll log what configuration file (if any) was
loaded.
-Mark
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Jay Buffington <m...@jaybuff.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > ## Standard Shortcuts
> > >
> > > To save typing, we'll add _automatic_ shorthand generation to
> > > the command-line framework. For nouns and verbs, any unambiguous
> > > prefix of the appropriate word will be automatically expanded to
> > > the full word.
> > >
> > > * `aurora j c` will be expanded to `aurora job create`.
> > > * `aurora con l` will be expanded to `aurora config list`.
> > >
> >
> > I'm a strong -1 against this. I don't think it saves much for the user
> and
> > I'd also be concerned how it plays with both the command plugin system
> and
> > our own ability to add commands in the future which could change how
> > prefixes are resolved.
>
>
> You can use bash completion for this (btw, zsh can parse bash completion).
>
> Implement an "aurora bash-completion" command which splits out the bash
> completion configuration. Then users (if they'd like) can put something
> like
> this in their ~/.bash_profile:
>
> complete -F `aurora bash-completion` aurora
>
> Then the user can type "aurora con<tab>" and con will get expand to config.
>
>
>
> > > ### Config Files
> > >
> > > The aurora client will look for a configuration file in the following
> > > locations, in order:
> > >
> > > 1. A file named "AuroraInit" in the current directory.
> > > 2. A file named "AuroraInit" in the sequence of parent directories
> of
> > > the
> > > current directory up to the nearest repository root.
> > > 3. A file named ".aurora" in the user's home directory.
> >
>
> I'd like to set this via a command line arg (e.g. --config), and perhaps
> even
> an environment variable (e.g. AURORA_CLIENT_CONFIG)
>
> Jay
>
