Re: [PATCH RESEND v3 1/3] scripts: add TOML config to container tool

[Nicolas Schier]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 11:33:00AM +0200, Guillaume Tucker wrote:
> Add support for a TOML configuration file to the scripts/container
> tool.  This improves user experience by not having to keep passing the
> same command line options all the time or overly relying on built-in
> default values.  Include the concept of 'profiles' with different
> named sections in the file to cover various use cases.
> 
> Command line options take precedence over the config file, and values
> defined in profile sections take precedence over the default one.
> 
> Add a -c option to override the location of the .container.toml config
> file which should otherwise be located in the current working
> directory.  If not found, the file is silently ignored as it is not
> strictly required unless the -c option is used.
> 
> Add a -p option to choose a particular profile section in the config
> file rather than the default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Tucker <gtucker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Changes in v2:
>     - fix uid / gid handling when set to 0 (root)
>     
>     Changes in v3:
>     - fix logic when loading config profiles using None
>     - fix typo with missing whitespace in help message
>     - clarify how UID gets used as default value for GID
> 
>  scripts/container | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@xxxxxxxxx>

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Nicolas