Config files

Put default flags in a config file, one per line:

~/.config/sprout/config

--hyperlink
--ignore=*.snap,fixtures/
--budget 4000

Where Sprout looks

Files are read in this order, and later ones win:

1. User: $SPROUT_CONFIG, else $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sprout/config, else ~/.config/sprout/config. On Windows it’s %AppData%\sprout\config.
2. Project: the nearest .sproutrc in the target directory or above it.
3. The command line, which always wins. Turn a boolean off with --git=false.

--ignore and --only patterns add up across all three rather than replacing each other.

Rules

• One flag per line: --depth 3 or --depth=3. Lines starting with # are comments.
• Config files can only set flags, not a path.
• A mistake names the file and line: .sproutrc:1: expected a flag like --depth 3.
• --no-config skips both files for one run.
• When you map a remote repository, its .sproutrc is ignored.

.sproutignore

.sproutignore isn’t a config file. It holds extra gitignore-style patterns for the directory it’s in, and applies on every run.