haard · December 22, 2015 08:08 · Dec 22, 2015
diff --git a/mergeconfig.py b/mergeconfig.py
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+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+import pprint
+
+
+def main():
+    # Read file config
+    fparser = ConfigParser()
+    fparser.read('config.conf')
+    config = {'some.key': 'some_value'}  # Hard-coded default
+    for section in fparser.sections():
+        for key, value in fparser[section].items():
+            if value is not None:
+                config[section + '.' + key] = value
+
+    # Read command-line config
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--some.key')
+    parser.add_argument('--some.key2')
+    parser.add_argument('--other.key')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    for key, value in args.__dict__.items():
+        if not value is None:
+            config[key] = value
+    return config
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pprint.pprint(main())