[Cvs-syncmail] strawman: config file format

[Fred L. D. Jr. <fd...@ac...>]

I've attached a sample config file for syncmail; it's really a
strawman, though I don't expect it to be terribly controversial.

This relates to my feature request issue #768243:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=768243&group_id=47611&atid=450019

The file is a simple .ini file.  There are two kinds of sections: a
global section, and branch sections.  Command line options override
the global section.

For changes to the trunk, only the global section is relevant.

For changes on a branch, as many as three sections may be relevant:

  1.  a section for the specific branch, with a section header of the
      form

      [branch branch-name]

  2.  a section for any branch, with a section header of the form

      [branch]

  3.  the global section

By default, a config file named CVSROOT/syncmail.conf will be used, if
present.  A --config/-C command line option can be used to specify a
different file, or --no-config can be used to disable use of the
config file.  This will allow different CVS modules to be configured
in appropriate ways.

I don't know just when I'll implement this, but it probably won't be
too far off.  I welcome suggestions.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
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