More details on the configuration file

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The location and content of the ITables configuration file corresponding to a given directory is given by python -m itables.show_config.

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❌ Patch coverage is 93.61702% with 3 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 88.09%. Comparing base (3c83bd7) to head (b5e5685).

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Pull Request Overview

This PR adds a new command-line utility to display ITables configuration file location and contents, accessible via python -m itables.show_config. It also improves error handling in the configuration loading process.

• Adds a new show_config module with functionality to display configuration file location and parsed options
• Enhances error handling in load_config_file with more descriptive error messages for parsing and validation failures
• Updates documentation to inform users about the new configuration inspection command

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
src/itables/show_config.py	New module implementing the show_config functionality
src/itables/config.py	Enhanced error handling with try-catch blocks and descriptive error messages
src/itables/init.py	Exports the config module for public API access
tests/test_show_config.py	Test coverage for the new show_config functionality
tests/test_config.py	Added test for improved error handling and removed duplicate fixture
tests/conftest.py	Moved shared fixture to conftest for reuse across test modules
docs/options/options.md	Documentation update explaining the new show_config command
docs/py/options/options.py	Documentation update in Python format

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