Lars Wirzenius on Nostr: Any program with a complicated configuration file benefits from a "show me to actual ...

Any program with a complicated configuration file benefits from a "show me to actual configuration you're using".

I like to add to my programs that get started from the command line a sub-command to do this: "sshca --config test.yaml config" read the configuration file test.yaml, applies it to form a run-time config, and writes out the complete configuration.

This makes it easier to debug a configuration. I prefer this over using strace a service to see what it's doing.

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