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| author | Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> | 2020-02-14 16:22:30 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-02-14 16:22:30 +0000 |
| commit | 97a42bbc3a4789620c48746f8e87291446f6f5ac (patch) | |
| tree | 486b0a1f4aee4d3e0acffcc00ee25ad7cea17ced | |
| parent | Convert the directory handler tests to use HomeserverTestCase (#6919) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-97a42bbc3a4789620c48746f8e87291446f6f5ac.tar.xz | |
Add a warning about indentation to generated config (#6920)
Fixes #6916.
| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/6920.misc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/.sample_config_header.yaml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/sample_config.yaml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/config/_base.py | 16 |
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/6920.misc b/changelog.d/6920.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d333add990 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/6920.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add a warning about indentation to generated configuration files. diff --git a/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml b/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml index e001ef5983..35a591d042 100644 --- a/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml +++ b/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# The config is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default +# This file is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default # homeserver.yaml configuration generated by Synapse. # # It is intended to act as a reference for the default configuration, @@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md. +################################################################################ + diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index 8e8cf513b0..93236daddc 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# The config is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default +# This file is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default # homeserver.yaml configuration generated by Synapse. # # It is intended to act as a reference for the default configuration, @@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md. +################################################################################ + +# Configuration file for Synapse. +# +# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular +# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary +# should have the same indentation. +# +# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html + ## Server ## # The domain name of the server, with optional explicit port. diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.py b/synapse/config/_base.py index 08619404bb..ba846042c4 100644 --- a/synapse/config/_base.py +++ b/synapse/config/_base.py @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ Missing mandatory `server_name` config option. """ +CONFIG_FILE_HEADER = """\ +# Configuration file for Synapse. +# +# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular +# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary +# should have the same indentation. +# +# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html + +""" + + def path_exists(file_path): """Check if a file exists @@ -344,7 +356,7 @@ class RootConfig(object): str: the yaml config file """ - return "\n\n".join( + return CONFIG_FILE_HEADER + "\n\n".join( dedent(conf) for conf in self.invoke_all( "generate_config_section", @@ -574,8 +586,8 @@ class RootConfig(object): if not path_exists(config_dir_path): os.makedirs(config_dir_path) with open(config_path, "w") as config_file: - config_file.write("# vim:ft=yaml\n\n") config_file.write(config_str) + config_file.write("\n\n# vim:ft=yaml") config_dict = yaml.safe_load(config_str) obj.generate_missing_files(config_dict, config_dir_path) |