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by rumanator 2149 days ago
> How about an all in one config file?

What an awful idea. I don't even know where to start enumerating the problems that this approach creates, and what for? I mean, just think about it. Have you ever had to comb through a config file to add support for something but while you were not sure what option dictated which and what impact this or that option had because documentation is ineffective or awful or even non-existent?

Now multiply that complexity by all the options added by all the tools expected to use a file, compounded by the fact that God knows how many tools also write to that file and may or may not stay in their lane when doing so.

Who in the hell wants to deal with that mess?

And what for? Just because someone wants to adopt a tool but has a problem with having to configure its own config file?