Support a config file with example imports

[HoverHell]

Description

It would be useful to support local conventions (such as import datetime as dt) and names from local modules (from mymodule.mypackage.somewhere import SomeName).

Possible Solution

Doing this requires a config; a most simple config for this would be a py file with example imports.

Example implementation: #170

Additional context

For further consideration: an extra tool for gathering all imports from files, to build such config, to cleanup, tune, and use it.

Related Issue

Can be seen as an alternative to #39

[lyz-code]

Hi @HoverHell , thank you for taking the time to open an issue. Recently @Jasha10 added support for local configuration, it has been documented here, please take a look and tell me if this will fulfill your use case

[HoverHell]

I can work around it, with a wrapper like this: https://gist.github.com/HoverHell/b479c566960d91284999f60969bc30f1

However, at the very least that would require config path argument (e.g. #171 )

[lyz-code]

Adding the --config-file flag makes sense, but sorry, I still don't understand why would you need a wrapper. Can you help me understand what's missing in the current implementation?

If we add the --config-file may I close the other PR you created?

[HoverHell]

why would you need a wrapper

It's still missing a global (home-dir) config.

may I close the other PR you created

yes

[Jasha10]

+1 for a --config-file flag :)

[Jasha10]

@HoverHell, by a global (home-dir) config, you mean something like $HOME/.autoimport.toml?

[HoverHell]

Yes (or, better yet, a `~/.config/autoimport/config.toml`) that would be read by default (unless an extra flag like `--no-global-config` is specified).

[lyz-code]

The --config-file flag is available since 0.10.0, thanks @HoverHell ! :)

I see now what you mean, and it makes sense too. The loading of the variables would be in order of preference:

• pyproject.toml of the repository
• Global config in ~/.config/autoimport/config.toml
• Autoimport defaults.

I'm closing #170 as it no longer applies. But if you want to make a PR with the global config, I'll be happy to merge it

[HoverHell]

PR with the global config

-> #172

[lyz-code]

Available since 1.2.0 thanks to @Jasha10 who did a PR based on the work of @HoverHell and the awesome maison library by @dbatten5