smartyaml

Library that simplifies defaulting and multi-file yaml config

Motivation

Ever had to create simple yaml config based off default parameters and variables? I had the inspiration working with Bastille jail config, and hypothesize that the problem applies across multiple use cases.

Use cases

Config

• Simple multifile (parent) support
• Defaulting support (child overrides parent)
• Export final config to file

Variables

• Variable support
• Defaulting variable support
• Multile variable support

Installation

Pre-install

• Python 3.8 or later
• Pip

Install

pip3 install smartyaml

Implementation

Special keys

• __parent: loads parent file and overrides duplicate keys

Test environment

• Zsh
• FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE
• Root commands accessible via sudo