From: Scott Gasch <scott@gasch.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 18:30:28 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Make config_loadfile augment cmdline instead of klobbering.
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Make config_loadfile augment cmdline instead of klobbering.
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diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index b3580ce..cf6d5a1 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ def parse(entry_module: Optional[str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
     if loadfile is not None:
         if saw_other_args:
-            print(
-                'WARNING: ignoring some commandline arguments; only args in --config_loadfile be parsed.',
-                file=sys.stderr
-            )
+            msg = f'WARNING: Augmenting commandline arguments with those from {loadfile}.'
+            print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+            saved_messages.append(msg)
         if not os.path.exists(loadfile):
             print(f'--config_loadfile argument must be a file, {loadfile} not found.',
                   file=sys.stderr)
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ def parse(entry_module: Optional[str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         with open(loadfile, 'r') as rf:
             newargs = rf.readlines()
         newargs = [arg.strip('\n') for arg in newargs if 'config_savefile' not in arg]
-        sys.argv = sys.argv[:1] + newargs
+        sys.argv += newargs
 
     # Parse (possibly augmented, possibly completely overwritten)
     # commandline args with argparse normally and populate config.