diff --git a/changelog.d/5904.feature b/changelog.d/5904.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43b5304f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5904.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Let synctl accept a directory of config files.
diff --git a/synapse/config/__init__.py b/synapse/config/__init__.py
index f2a5a41e92..1e76e9559d 100644
--- a/synapse/config/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from ._base import ConfigError
+from ._base import ConfigError, find_config_files
-# export ConfigError if somebody does import *
+# export ConfigError and find_config_files if somebody does
+# import *
# this is largely a fudge to stop PEP8 moaning about the import
-__all__ = ["ConfigError"]
+__all__ = ["ConfigError", "find_config_files"]
diff --git a/synctl b/synctl
index 794de99ea3..a9629cf0e8 100755
--- a/synctl
+++ b/synctl
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ from six import iteritems
import yaml
+from synapse.config import find_config_files
+
SYNAPSE = [sys.executable, "-B", "-m", "synapse.app.homeserver"]
GREEN = "\x1b[1;32m"
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ def main():
"configfile",
nargs="?",
default="homeserver.yaml",
- help="the homeserver config file, defaults to homeserver.yaml",
+ help="the homeserver config file. Defaults to homeserver.yaml. May also be"
+ " a directory with *.yaml files",
)
parser.add_argument(
"-w", "--worker", metavar="WORKERCONFIG", help="start or stop a single worker"
@@ -176,8 +179,12 @@ def main():
)
sys.exit(1)
- with open(configfile) as stream:
- config = yaml.safe_load(stream)
+ config_files = find_config_files([configfile])
+ config = {}
+ for config_file in config_files:
+ with open(config_file) as file_stream:
+ yaml_config = yaml.safe_load(file_stream)
+ config.update(yaml_config)
pidfile = config["pid_file"]
cache_factor = config.get("synctl_cache_factor")
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