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by harisund 1758 days ago
> Have you ever seen a config file where everything is commented out, but shows every option and the default value? I love those configs.

> Funny, I hate those. I want to have a minimal file that I feel like I crafted just for my purposes

There is no harm in providing the full config and allowing the user to minimize it.

At least that way I can do a `grep -v ^#` or something to avoid showing the comments and still get a minimal file when I want to see the minimal version