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

[Guillaume Tucker <gtucker@gtucker.io>]

On 04/09/2026 21:19, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> 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@gtucker.io>
>> ---
>>
>> 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@fritz.com>

Thanks.  Please note that I carried your Acked-by in the v4 I just
sent which drops the 'registry' option from the TOML config as it was
causing ambiguous situations when providing a full image name that
contained a registry.  The rest of the patch was left as-is.

Best wishes,
Guillaume