Add a warning about indentation to generated config (#6920)

Fixes #6916.
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Richard van der Hoff 2020-02-14 16:22:30 +00:00 committed by GitHub
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Add a warning about indentation to generated configuration files.

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# The config is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default
# This file is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default
# homeserver.yaml configuration generated by Synapse.
#
# It is intended to act as a reference for the default configuration,
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# homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate
# a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md.
################################################################################

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# The config is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default
# This file is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default
# homeserver.yaml configuration generated by Synapse.
#
# It is intended to act as a reference for the default configuration,
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# homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate
# a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md.
################################################################################
# Configuration file for Synapse.
#
# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular
# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary
# should have the same indentation.
#
# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
## Server ##
# The domain name of the server, with optional explicit port.

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"""
CONFIG_FILE_HEADER = """\
# Configuration file for Synapse.
#
# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular
# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary
# should have the same indentation.
#
# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
"""
def path_exists(file_path):
"""Check if a file exists
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str: the yaml config file
"""
return "\n\n".join(
return CONFIG_FILE_HEADER + "\n\n".join(
dedent(conf)
for conf in self.invoke_all(
"generate_config_section",
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if not path_exists(config_dir_path):
os.makedirs(config_dir_path)
with open(config_path, "w") as config_file:
config_file.write("# vim:ft=yaml\n\n")
config_file.write(config_str)
config_file.write("\n\n# vim:ft=yaml")
config_dict = yaml.safe_load(config_str)
obj.generate_missing_files(config_dict, config_dir_path)