Merge pull request #23339 from backstage/rugvip/null-config

config: treat null as present but explicitly undefined
2024-03-01 11:09:02 +01:00
parent baf240848c 023bb35c98
commit afa343d94a
9 changed files with 134 additions and 33 deletions
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ All loaded configuration files are merged together using the following rules:
  contents.
 - Objects are merged together deeply, meaning that if any of the included
  configs contain a value for a given path, it will be found.
+- A `null` value in a config file will be treated as an explicit absence of
+  configuration. This means that the reading will not fall back to a lower priority
+  config, but it will still be treated as if the configuration was not present.

 The priority of the configurations is determined by the following rules, in
 order: