doit uses an INI style configuration file (see configparser). Note: key/value entries can be separated only by the equal sign =.
If a file name doit.cfg is present in the current working directory, it is processed. It supports 3 kind of sections:
The GLOBAL section may contain command line options that will be used (if applicable) by any commands.
Example setting the DB backend type:
[GLOBAL]
backend = json
All commands that has a backend option (run, clean, forget, etc), will use this option without the need this option in the command line.
To configure options for a specific command, use a section with the command name:
[list]
status = True
subtasks = True
Note
The key name is the internal option name, it might not be the same as the string using in the command line. i.e. subtasks above refers to –all.
As a convenience you can also set GLOBAL options directly into a dodo.py. Just put the option in the DOIT_CONFIG dict. This example below sets the default tasks to be run, the continue option, and a different reporter.
DOIT_CONFIG = {'default_tasks': ['my_task_1', 'my_task_2'],
'continue': True,
'reporter': 'json'}
So if you just execute
$ doit
it will have the same effect as executing
$ doit --continue --reporter json my_task_1 my_task_2
Note
Not all options can be set on dodo.py file. The parameters --file and --dir can not be used on config because they control how the dodo file itself is loaded.
Also if the command does not read the dodo.py file it obviously will not be used.