Allow trac.ini to include other files

[anonymous]

Support an include directive in the configuration file syntax.

include "trac-ldap.ini"

will recursively load the directives in trac-ldap.ini .

Rationale: this will make it possible to split the configuration into multiple files.

TracAdmin will be able to write to a tracadmin.ini, included by trac.ini (included eg at the bottom to give it higher priority).

This is necessary to manage trac configuration programmatically.

My use case is to install trac plugins with a plugin.ini snippet using puppet (this requires no manual intervention). Currently I am merging all these small .ini files into one big trac.ini, but this also means that any changes TracAdmin writes to the file are lost.

[eblot]

This is already implemented in 0.11, you can use the inherit section, such as in:

[inherit]
file = /another/path/trac.ini

[anonymous]

This is great.

Is it also possible to change the path TracAdmin writes to?

[eblot]

Replying to anonymous:

Is it also possible to change the path TracAdmin writes to?

Which one: .../conf/trac.ini?
No, it is not.

[haizaar@…]

Is globbing supported? I.e. can I do something like this:

[inherit]
file = /etc/trac/*.ini

[haizaar@…]

Problem: Can not include more then one file:

$>  cat /etc/trac/trac-graphviz.ini
[components]
graphviz.* = enabled
$>  cat /etc/trac/trac-toc-macro.ini
[components]
tractop.* = enabled
$> cat $PWD/conf/trac.ini
...
[inherit]
file = /etc/trac/trac-graphviz.ini
file = /etc/trac/trac-toc-macro.ini

Only the last mentioned file is included. Trac-0.11

[eblot]

Replying to haizaar@haizaar.com:

Problem: Can not include more then one file:

This is a limitation of the Ini file parser, and the .ini file format: you cannot use the same key more than once within the same section. I guess this limitation could be overcomed with a list of files, such as:

file = a.ini, b.ini