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Adding new config options

Vikunja uses viper to handle configuration options. It handles parsing all different configuration sources.

The configuration is done in sections. These are represented with a . in viper. Take a look at pkg/config/config.go to understand how these are set.

To add a new config option, you should add a default value to pkg/config/config.go. Default values should always enable the feature to work somehow, or turn it off completely if it always needs additional configuration.

Make sure to add the new config option to [the config document]({{< ref "../setup/config.md">}}) and the default config file (config.yml.sample at the root of the repository) to make sure it is well documented.

If you're using a computed value as a default, make sure to update the sample config file and debian post-install scripts to reflect that.

To get a configured option, use viper.Get("config.option"). Take a look at viper's documentation to learn of the different ways available to get config options.