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What is the best file format for configuration file? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.yaml, .toml, etc?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No reason to go beyond simple key-value format like dotenv or just env variables. If you need more structure then maybe you are confusing configuration with state and this is not really the same thing.