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Improve config file handling: Default settings, changed settings, etc.
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App: EmuHawk
Request: Feature/Enhancement
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 2.8k
- Forks
- 468
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Config.ini breaks and everyone cries.
Default settings change and users with existing config.ini files don't pick them up.
What can we do? I don't know, it's a big problem because there are a lot of assumptions baked into our config system.
TODO.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file or test is identified in the issue. Start by locating the config.ini handling and tracing how default settings and existing settings are loaded; the issue needs a defined migration or update policy before implementation can begin.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100