docs/config/writing: document new null behavior

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
2024-02-29 21:14:25 +01:00
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@@ -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: