Simple configuration files AND command line parsing for Go.

The same API provided by the flag package, extended for use with configuration files. Use a single function to setup a command line flag and configuration file option simultaneously. Create default configuration files automatically.

Get the source

$ go get githib.com/quincy/configo

// file: example.go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/quincy/configo"
)

var species = configo.String("species", "gopher", "the species we are studying")

configo.SetDelimiter(":")  // Default is "="
configo.Parse()

fmt.Printf("Value of species is %s\n", species)

The first time your program is run a default config file will be created with all options set to defaults, commented with the usage text.

$ go run example.go
Value of species is gopher
$ cat ~/.examplerc
# Default config file for example
# Written on 07 Aug 13 20:15 -0600

# the species we are studying
species:gopher

The command line arguments override those found in the config file.

$ go run example.go -species=mole
Value of species is mole

See example/example.go for more complicated examples.