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feat(config): walk file hierarchy for project configuration #1468

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feat(config): walk backwards for project configuration
Nytelife26 Jan 10, 2026
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docs: add notice for configuration behaviour
Nytelife26 Jan 11, 2026
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17 changes: 10 additions & 7 deletions proselint/config/paths.py
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Expand Up @@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ def _get_xdg_path(env_var: str, default: Path) -> Path:
config_global_path = Path("/etc/proselintrc")
config_user_path = _get_xdg_path(XDG_CONFIG_VAR, home_path / ".config")

config_paths = [
# NOTE: This is in reverse priority order - the order config gets merged in
config_global_path,
home_path / ".proselintrc.json",
config_user_path / "proselint" / "config.json",
cwd / ".proselintrc.json",
]
config_paths = (
[
# NOTE: Config is overridden in this order, from least to most important
config_global_path,
home_path / ".proselintrc.json",
config_user_path / "proselint" / "config.json",
]
+ [path / ".proselintrc.json" for path in reversed(cwd.parents)]
+ [cwd / ".proselintrc.json"]
)