Allow contradictory options in various config files #460

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opened 2026-02-20 23:04:41 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:04:41 -05:00

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Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Jan 12, 2013).

More specific channels (System config < user config < command-line) should override less specific ones.

The parsing process should go like

default_settings = {'template': '%(id)s.%(ext)s'}
settings = default_settings.copy()
args = readArgs('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
settings.update(parseArgs(args, errmsg='invalid system configuration'))
args = readArgs('~/.config/youtube-dl.conf')
settings.update(parseArgs(args, errmsg='invalid user configuration'))
settings.update(parseArgs(sys.argv))

Originally created by @phihag on GitHub (Jan 12, 2013). More specific channels (System config < user config < command-line) should override less specific ones. The parsing process should go like ``` default_settings = {'template': '%(id)s.%(ext)s'} settings = default_settings.copy() args = readArgs('/etc/youtube-dl.conf') settings.update(parseArgs(args, errmsg='invalid system configuration')) args = readArgs('~/.config/youtube-dl.conf') settings.update(parseArgs(args, errmsg='invalid user configuration')) settings.update(parseArgs(sys.argv)) ```

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2026-02-20 23:04:45 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2024):

Nowadays (options.py):

        argv = system_conf + user_conf + custom_conf + command_line_conf

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2024): Nowadays (`options.py`): ``` argv = system_conf + user_conf + custom_conf + command_line_conf ```

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