FEATURE: load custom site settings from yaml file.

lib/discourse_dev/category.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def initialize(count = DEFAULT_COUNT)
       super(::Category, count)
       @existing_names = ::Category.pluck(:name)
       @parent_category_ids = ::Category.where(parent_category_id: nil).pluck(:id)
+      @group_count = ::Group.count
     end
 
     def data
@@ -40,7 +41,15 @@ def data
     end
 
     def permissions
-      @permissions || { everyone: :full }
+      return @permissions if @permissions.present?
+      return { everyone: :full } if Faker::Boolean.boolean(true_ratio: 0.75)
+
+      permission = {}
+      offset = rand(@group_count)
+      group = ::Group.offset(offset).first
+      permission[group.id] = Faker::Number.between(from: 1, to: 3)
+
+      permission
     end
 
     def create!

lib/discourse_dev/config.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails'
+
+module DiscourseDev
+  class Config
+    attr_reader :config, :default_config
+
+    def initialize
+      @default_config = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.expand_path(__dir__), "config.yml"))
+      file_path = File.join(Rails.root, "config", "dev.yml")
+
+      if File.exists?(file_path)
+        @config = YAML.load_file(file_path)
+      else
+        @config = {}
+      end
+    end
+
+    def update!
+      update_site_settings
+    end
+
+    def update_site_settings
+      puts "Updating site settings..."
+
+      site_settings = config["site_settings"] || {}
+
+      site_settings.each do |key, value|
+        puts "#{key} = #{value}"
+        SiteSetting.set(key, value)
+      end
+
+      keys = site_settings.keys
+
+      default_config["site_settings"].each do |key, value|
+        next if keys.include?(key)
+
+        puts "#{key} = #{value}"
+        SiteSetting.set(key, value)
+      end
+
+      SiteSetting.refresh!
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/discourse_dev/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site_settings:
+  tagging_enabled: false
+  verbose_discourse_connect_logging: true

lib/discourse_dev/group.rb

@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ def data
 
       {
         name: name,
-        allow_membership_requests: Faker::Boolean.boolean,
         public_exit: Faker::Boolean.boolean,
         public_admission: Faker::Boolean.boolean,
         primary_group: Faker::Boolean.boolean
       }
     end
+
+    def create!
+      super do |group|
+        if Faker::Boolean.boolean
+          group.add_owner(::Discourse.system_user)
+          group.allow_membership_requests = true
+          group.save!
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

lib/discourse_dev/record.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module DiscourseDev
   class Record
     DEFAULT_COUNT = 30.freeze
 
-    attr_reader :model, :type
+    attr_reader :model, :type, :count
 
     def initialize(model, count = DEFAULT_COUNT)
       @model = model
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@ def create!
     end
 
     def populate!
-      puts "Creating #{count} sample #{type.downcase}s"
+      puts "Creating #{count} sample #{type.downcase} records"
       count.times { create! }
       puts
     end
 
-    def count
-      @count || DEFAULT_COUNT
-    end
-
     def self.populate!
       self.new.populate!
     end

lib/discourse_dev/tasks/dev.rake

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ task 'dev:reset' => ['db:load_config'] do |_, args|
   check_environment!
 
   Rake::Task['db:migrate:reset'].invoke
+  Rake::Task['dev:config'].invoke
   Rake::Task['admin:create'].invoke
   Rake::Task['dev:populate'].invoke
 end
 
+desc 'Initialize development environment'
+task 'dev:config' => ['db:load_config'] do |_, args|
+  DiscourseDev::Config.new.update!
+end
+
 desc 'Populate sample content for development environment'
 task 'dev:populate' => ['db:load_config'] do |_, args|
   Rake::Task['groups:populate'].invoke