WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wf-config
Warn if duplicate options are found in a config file
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- C++
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Description
Currently, wf-config is perfectly happy with duplicate options in the config files. We should through a warning so we can find mistakes like this more easily.
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Research direction
Start by locating the configuration-file parser and the handling of repeated options. Determine how existing configuration diagnostics are tested, then make completion mean that duplicate options produce a warning while valid configuration files continue to load.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100