[joseph]

It also defines the state in a standard way, toggles CLI configuration if it is present in the root module, and does some validation.

[MuffinFlavored]

could you share it/expand on “defines the state”? i thought state was captured in tfstate and then terraform goes and “diffs”/checks if it is accurate or not

[joseph]

I was referring to how and where we store it. Feel free to email me if you have more questions.